2016. It's here. With marching orders. Time. Progressing. At an ever increasing speed. Yet constant. Away from all that I know. Further. Towards the unknown. Time. I am glad 2015 is over. 2 dear friends; gone to be with Jesus. A nephew. A father of 4 and a former colleague. Sometimes I can't face the loss. It seems that it comes so quickly. The weight. You feel. For others. But 2015 also held graduation for our now college girl. Visits from ... View Post
This Last Day of 2015 We Will Gather to Mourn and Celebrate a Life
It's been 29 months. Well. The other day. And I could barely get out of my own way. The whole day. The sadness overwhelming. But not for me. Not for my journey. For my Sister in law and her family. For a family in our Community. A father of 4. On Christmas Eve. A beloved husband. And I wept. Repeatedly. For the journey they are on. For a love cherished and honored through the years. Bearing 4 beautiful children. Athletes and scholars. For the wake where they will ... View Post
I Can Scarcely Breath This Christmas Morning
Hush. I hear the whisper. Hush. He calms my aching soul. The empty stocking. My nephews children without their dad. My sister in law with out her son. The news of another loss of a dad so loved in this community. I can scarcely breathe this Christmas morning. I hear the whisper as I drive to the barn. Hush my child. The strains of a loved Christmas Carol play, Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation;O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!Glory to God, all glory in the highest; Sing all ye citizens of ... View Post
Encouragement on This Holiest of Nights
On the Holiest night of the year, I was given a gift. The child within moved. In the hospital room at 11:48 on Christmas Eve 2002, a child was brought forth. Christiana Shirley Davis. A little over a year after her namesake met Jesus. A Grammie she would never know. Yet, as she grew she would tell us she knew her. And I wonder if deep down her soul did know her? That before the Lord of the Universe sent her to us, Grammie Shirley didn't reach down and kiss that sweet angelic face and whisper words of encouragement. Because ... View Post
I Ponder These Things
13 years ago I sat in the wee hours of the morning. Bathed in the twinkling Christmas lights. Hope wrapped inside; heavy with child. Nights uncomfortable. Seeking solace in the quiet. Pondering. So different from my walk today. A Christmas child. Due at any moment. What did Mary feel as she carried the Hope of all Nations? What was it like that night when all hung in balance as the Incarnate became Flesh? Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the ... View Post
She Could Do Anything. . . Really.
The waiting. Our hearts. Preparing. Adoring.Longing; For Hope. Eternity. Love came down. Incarnate. Flesh. For me. For you. Once. For All. 14 years ago today a beautiful woman bowed low as she journeyed to meet Jesus. Her presence is missed everyday. The lessons she lived, still in our hearts. Here is a tribute to her from last year. She now resides with 2 of her beautiful grandchildren; whom she loved and adored with all her ... View Post
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