How the truths of Scripture change the way I live
The older I get, the more I value it—peace and quiet. Not just a literal quietness but a calm unruffled-ness, an absence of strife… but what is a mother to do? The kids may get older, the tensions subtler, (or at least not over blocks and toys), but the concerns of a mother only get […]
For what are you waiting, hoping, daring to believe? An unexpected late snowfall has dumped a chill on the first signs of spring at our house. They say hope deferred makes the heart sick. (Prov.13:12) So what’s the antidote? I suppose it’s something like being patient, and establishing our hearts in the truth of what’s […]
Blog due today, after a week of only nibbles in the Word. When I have not heard His voice, I lose my own. The crumbs I have to share grow stale. After a week of relaxing and reveling in sunshine and lovebeams I am turning over one of these ‘tidbits’ in my mind again. It […]
We’re having a winter get-away in the land of let’s pretend…where darkness is better than light, where life begins at nightfall, where spending is gaining and when the lights go on it’s closing time…In the excesses of this artificial world are a thousand chances to pretend, some more innocent than others. Is pretending all that […]
When a strong, hard-working and talented craftsman sits slumped in mental confusion unable to fasten a snap or string two thoughts together into meaningful speech, the reality is clear. The outer man is decaying. The brain as a function of the physical body is wasting away. What is left? I have been mulling over these […]