The sun streams in through the windows. Warmth. It's been so cold. The wind; relentless. Sunshine, scarce. I chase the sun through the rooms, as the afternoon gives way to evening. Even the evening is being chased. Days growing longer. This time of year is always a battle. A fight to enjoy each moment. Darkness; permeating all. Cold seeping through each crack and crevice in this old farmhouse. Lately, I can't seem to get warm. I cook and bake. I layer clothes. Still. I struggle. To get warm. This day. The sun shines. A glorious respite from the dark. Do not be ... View Post
Clinging to Hope
I walk out of my brother in laws house. Away from the baby shower. I've just spent a few hours in the company of those I love the most. Family and friends. Celebrating. A new life. Yet I leave empty. Sad. Overwhelmed. I haven't been here in a while. I glance out over the pasture. My brother in law's horse, Joe, stands stately in the field. I call to him. He comes. I wonder. Do you remember me? It's been years since I have seen you. I want to weep. Years of memories in this field, before there was a house. Before my mother and father in law journeyed home to ... View Post
Friday Morning Musings
There has been so much going on. Taxes. Decisions. The daily grind. It's so easy to get caught up in the flow. Move from one task to the other. So easily we push aside conversing with the Holy One. The doing becomes more than the being. A silent thief. The noises of the day crowd out the voice of the One who calls us by name. Our souls need nourishment. Each and every moment. To rest. In Him. Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. The rest offered compares to nothing else. A free gift. The farm, the kids, the laundry all ... View Post
Side by Side
The halls echo with a strange familiarity. The routine. Tests, scans, dr's visits. Forced date days. Side by side in waiting rooms. Small cubicles. Waiting; for tests, for results, for decisions. Side by side. Usually, I am eager to send out updates. To include the larger circle. For prayer. For support. This time. I couldn't. I couldn't type the words. I couldn't make the phone calls. I think the journey has just become too weary. But how can that be? We serve a Mighty God. A God who has allowed all things to filter first, through His hands. If I am walking hand in hand ... View Post
Listen
The discussions. Is that what they're called? Posts. So negative. So mean. Vindictive. Not a trace of a desire to discuss. Shouts. Loud expressions of self. Face book. A platform. To speak. Unedited. Uncensored. Why? Life is changed, when you go. Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." When you teach. When you Love. There is One King and ... View Post
The Definition of Love
“God's viewpoint is sometimes different from ours - so different that we could not even guess at it unless He had given us a Book which tells us such things.... In the Bible I learn that God values us not for our strength or our brains but simply because He has made us.” -Corrie Ten Boom The Hiding Place I Corinthians 13:4-5 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. (emphasis mine) ... View Post
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