I have been asked why I am not writing lately. Actually I have been, it has just been for specific people going through specific issues, which require specific personal encouragements. I don’t know about you but it seems to me that the world is under more pressure than usual. Many of my friends are walking … Continue reading Breathe

I found this via a friend's status and thought it was too good not to share it. While it was written to describe the place you find yourself when you have a disabled child, it can be expanded to include anyone who has in one way or another ended up in a far different place … Continue reading A Borrowed Note

A warm fire on a cold night in the fall just seems soothing. Somehow, it comforts me and makes life feel simpler. It is not the building it or carrying the wood up the stairs that makes it so…I think it is the fact that to properly enjoy a fire you have to sit down … Continue reading Fall Again

I have been reading about Mary and Martha. I am more like a Martha most of the time…busy and always moving. However, I do have my Mary moments. Since my cancer, I have been taking more of those. Mary had such a sensitive spirit to the Lord. She simply wanted to sit at his feet. … Continue reading Resurrection Power

When in doubt about what to do about anything…feed people. That is the Baptist way. Last night was no exception as we said good-bye to Pastor Alan and Becky. It was heart wrenching and heart warming all at the same time. In the south, funerals are social events where you share stories of the deceased, … Continue reading Beauty for Ashes

Have you ever had God work on every area of your life at once? Right now it seems that he is allowing me to go through a shaking. It’s probably my own fault…you know when you pray for him to take you deeper you can count on him doing it. Then when he pulls out … Continue reading Unsettled

I am grateful to God for friendship. That is not a profound thing really, but I find that the bond that comes from weathering storms together is not easily broken. We all have friends that we meet and great each day, some deeper relationships than others…some with similar hearts, some with differing views. The ones … Continue reading Friends

Many of you heard about my trip to the ER Wednesday night, with what felt a great deal like labor pains. I have to tell you that fear was my first response to abdominal pain. I wish I could say my faith rose up to battle but it did not. In fact, though the results … Continue reading Fear

Anger disguises hurt. Hurt camouflages fear. Fear breeds mistrust. Mistrust kills faith. Layers. Humans use layers to protect themselves from pain. These defenses are exposed when the rug is pulled out from under us. Before then, our illusion of control remains intact. It is when we feel out of control that we see what is … Continue reading Layers

Three children, two boys and a girl, raced to the shore giggling as they went. The boys must’ve been 6 and 7, the girl 4. Stairsteps, dressed in clothes rather than swimming suits. Maybe they came straight from the car at the end of a long journey. I do not know. What I do know … Continue reading Deep Calls Unto Deep