HOW TO BE A BALCONY PERSON
His teary eyes scanned the crowd milling through the door. Glancing back and forth from the bench to the stands, he…
Three Ways to Loosen Your Grip
I struggle letting go. Sentimental to the core, I tend to grasp things tightly. After 34 years in the same home,…
WHAT’S THE USE OF PRAYING?
Mom prayed faithfully for her father. For twenty years she begged God to turn his heart around. To open his…
Can You See Jesus?
I love when Jesus shows up. In our darkest hour, He reveals Himself in strange and unusual ways. We hear…
WHY YOU NEED A ROPE-HOLDER
The very day I was diagnosed with breast cancer, we went to church. Barely listening. Barely singing. But I was there. The…
HOW TO OVERCOME THE TRIALS OF LIFE
You can be as surefooted as a deer! Life is hard. Last week my cousin was diagnosed with cancer. In…
A SURE-PROOF PLAN OF ENDURANCE
It’s strange. As much as the Lord has done in my life through the years, you’d think I’d never be shaken. He’s…
WHO WILL CARRY THIS?
My children used to hand me everything. They were quite capable of holding their own stuff. They just didn’t want to. They preferred…
PROTECT! PROTECT! PROTECT!
Isn’t protection a mom’s major concern? Making sure our children don’t fall down. Run in front of a car. Touch hot stoves. Or experience…
A NOBLE RESOLUTION
I gave up making them a long time ago. Resolutions for the new year seemed more like self-effort than godly-inspiration. But I’m sensing a different…
SEVEN DAYS OF DIFFICULTY
Have you ever faced a week of continual bad news? Where every day is a nightmare? It was the summer of…
A N T I C I P A T I O N
ANTICIPATION is keeping me waiting, chasing after finer days, sang Carly Simon back in the 70’s. Those lyrics perfectly expressed my…
RECORD YOUR STORY
There it was lying in the bottom of a dresser drawer. A diary given to me by my mom when…
IT’S NOT THE END OF YOUR STORY
It’s early morning as I linger in a semi state of conciousness. Strangely enough, this is when God often speaks to my heart. Not…
REHEARSE THE ACTS OF GOD WITH YOUR FAMILY
Everyone has a story to tell their family. Our Thanksgiving table represented many of them. The most recent an uncle…