Who would think last weeks encouragement challenge would “strike a cord” with so many? As a result, we are continuing to UNITE our worlds, lives, families through encouragement again this week! Remember, NO RULES TO THIS LINK UP! Simply…. 1) Link up. 2) Encourage at least three people in your world. (Stranger, neighbor, friend, family member.) And […]
When He Asks, “Will You Marry Me?”
Twenty years. Twelve kids later. And I never heard the words, “Will you marry me.” I never said, “I do.” Yes, I stood at the alter. Sick with white dress. There with a holy man dictating commands, “over us.” But that was the law. Law than binds man and wife. I understood that. And we have […]
When Bellies Roar. And Laughter Prevails.
I hear it. Laughter. Dancing across rooms. Opening up souls…as laughter always does. Why is it laughter – Not a crow bar – can pry the steel gates of souls. Yet, interrogating, drilling, & all efforts of man won’t? The great release. Empties bowls of long forgotten messes. The unifier. Unspoken communicator. All languages. People. Cultures. […]
An Encouragement Challenge for 2013
Lately, I have been noticing….like the microscopic fruit flies that come to darken freshly picked fruit. People everywhere seem increasingly discouraged. Lies have come like tiny flies, to eat away at the ripeness of God’s goodness. And sadly. No one seems to be noticing. Until it’s too late. Fruit can sit alone. Rotten. Forgotten. Until someone […]
A Year in 180 Photos. And When Our Foster Daughter Leaves.
180 photos. That’s it. Sprawled along a table. In hope to make order of it all. And she sits. Hand’s trembling. Looking at her year. In two dimensional images. Trying to dwindle down. A life. Her 3-D world. Into time capsules. Frozen. Snapshots. Hiking. Swimming. Giggles. Picnics. Trials. Sentencing. A world filled with joy, pain, hope, […]
An Unassuming Prayer for 2013
Dear Lord, First, I give thanks. I give thanks for the trials. The pain. The heartache, of last year. I offer them over to you. As a gift. A gift that drew me deeper into an understanding of your unfailing love. Your unceasing provision. Your unwavering goodness…… My need for you. I give thanks for the unshakable truth…I […]