Never before have I lost my glasses. They’ve always been stuck to my face, ever since the third grade when I crept into class that first day with my new cat-eye glasses. But now, there are multiple pairs… and where did I put those reading glasses?! And there are pills doled out at breakfast—Am I […]
I spent the last two days largely alone. I thought I liked being alone but this was different. Waking alone, eating alone, wiling away a sunny day alone, spending the evening alone, hitting the hay alone… None of these are things I haven’t done alone before but this felt different, like a foreshadowing of lonely […]
(and the Call Waiting that changes everything) **** Lord, I’m a little confused. So many voices give instruction for my path. Obedience is the latest. Just obey—but don’t see His commands as burdensome. T.M. Moore talks about the necessity of fearing God and delighting in His commandments, not seeing them as obsolete. I’m not there […]
It’s an age-old battle, the same temptation that lurked in the wilderness when the food and water ran out: “Is God among us or not?!” the people cried. Never mind that He had promised to provide all their needs—His name was after all Jehovah-Jireh. Never mind that they hadn’t gotten around to asking for the […]
When spring springs cold and the ground lies chill and sodden it’s a risk to plant seeds. The seed may rot in the ground before it can germinate, or be scavenged by a watchful crow. The seed may sprout only to succumb to ‘damping off’ disease. The seedling may emerge to beckon a voracious slug […]