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Goodbyes, Hellos and Physical Limitations
The last couple months has been a mix of MCAS, EDS and arthritis flares, loss of my faithful companion Dexter and getting a new companion. Spring is the season of weather always in flux, lots of rain showers and high pollen counts. In addition I began going into the world in late March after 13…
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Loving Like Jesus
I recently viewed a post on social media where a woman was asking for prayer for her and husband who are counseling a couple with a deviant lifestyle that ran counter to Biblical principles. What was interesting is how many people suggested blasting them with how wrong were and how few expressed offering love and…
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Living by Faith in a Tumultuous World
Our world is full of so many tumultuous things. There is rampant anger, division, ethnic tension, partiality, political differences and upheaval, economic woes and physical losses associated with a pandemic. How do we as people of faith live in this world today? Lord, how should we approach life at the beginning of 2021? I recently…
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Minimalism and Christian Faith
I am an artistic soul who loves creating and beauty and the idea of minimalism never appealed to me. I think I always viewed it as stark, cold, sterile and uncreative. I read an article on minimalism lately that had a quote that got me considering it differently. This quote comes from Joshua Becker of…
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True Confessions of the Easily Distracted and What Helps Me
I tend to either go to work on something that needs done and see six other things needing done so I flit around doing them. Meanwhile the thing I was trying to accomplish is still not done. Or I hyper focus on something and stay immersed for hours in it when other things truly need…
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Our Good Shepherd
Psalms 23 is such a familiar psalm that it is easy to recite it and move on without seeing the rich blessings of love, care, protection, and guidance our Good Shepherd provides for us. I remember in VBS the summer between second and third grade getting a prize for memorizing Psalm 23. I could recite…
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God in Our Scorched Places
And the LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your desires in scorched places and make your bones strong and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, Whose waters do not fail. – Isaiah 58:11 ESV What areas of your life are scorched places, where do you feel you are…
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Nana I want a Flower Picture
My three and a half year old granddaughter Ruthie came to me one day recently requesting I do a painting for her. “Nana, I want a flower picture that you painted for me” Ruthie said this with her big eyes gazing earnestly at me. “What kind of flower do you want me to paint?” asked.…
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Soar with the Eagles: Isaiah 40 devotion.
Chapter 40 of Isaiah begins with familiar words of our coming Messiah which are included in Handel’s Messiah, ”Comfort my people.” Verse 8 reminds us that “God’s Word will stand forever,” while verse 11 shows the tender shepherd-like care God has for each of us. The middle section from verses 12 -27 recount the greatness…
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My Refuge from the Storms of Life
2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. – Psalm 57:1-2 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by. Every time…