A hot cup of tea with a bit of sugar and some real cream is such a wonderful relaxing, friendly thing to share. I’m sitting here this evening with the tea things still out and the house suddenly empty and quiet as the mom and her young tribe that came to share some sips and […]
lil“It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.” Jn.6:18 It happens. Life gets dark. Storms come. Jesus is nowhere in sight. We strain at the oars to make headway alone. When yikes!– Is that a ghost? Our worst fears […]
The very best chunk of the day is that delicious morning part before the rest of my ‘world’ gets up—when all is quiet on the home front and I slip out of bed on tiptoe to curl up with my favorite fleece and my Bible, and yes of course, with my journal and pen. It […]
(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 […]
“Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live.” Is.55:3 I sat in the back yard this morning—my very own retreat center—savoring sunshine, and the quiet that is not quite silence… mulling over the Word and my reactions to it, reading, cat-napping, and just relishing this being a living temple for Almighty […]