Serving the world is not a burden. When you know. And see. And understanding the order of the Lord…. The first being last, the last being first. Giving of yourself…. Offers a reward….though carnal eyes have trouble seeing it…. So, I ask….. How can you see the Lord shine forth in your own life? How […]
It’s 3:00 a.m. and I hear you, cramming for Spanish’s semester ending. School. Work. Friends. It’s been a lot. Yet, I hear you my child. I hear the girl talks. The full hearted giggles. The way you teach and help and love your little sister. All of it. And I want you to know…. Love is […]
Day Starts. World says, “Go”. Run from the gates like a competing horse, in the Kentucky Derby. Be, “it all”. Just “do” more. But, I defy the nagging urging pressing me to stuff more….onto a plate, already full. Instead. I do something. Almost unheard of. In a life with my pace. In a culture that has […]
She is six. The same age as all those kids. Who just got shot. Her soft, pastel pajamas and bouncing braided pigtails, make their way downstairs. Towards me. It is morning. And mornings like this. Rich in His Word. Blinds me from silly things. And draws me….to my family. And those that really matter. And I […]
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 […]
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 […]