Confessions of a Bookworm

I must confess. I am….         A want to be athlete.                 Unappointed hostess.                          Embracing outdoors woman. But, at the very heart of who I am….I am a bookworm. For when I enter a wall of books….         My mind dances at the idea of how many people….                 Accumulation of thoughts…                          And multitudes of knowledge represents each wall lined […]

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Ponderings from the Pond: Faith

And I read this morning… Your faith must not be a passive faith. For as day’s progress, a spirit of apathy will prevail. And with hardships all around, we moan….But, “We just can’t believe.”  Yet, how many untrustworthy things do we have faith in? Man, who is proven fallible, we cling to…Yet, God who is perfect, we […]

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4 Qualifications of Character

We wake in anticipation of a well-planned day.  Organized. Well thought-out. Structured in the most methodical way. Church.  Then a visit to an Aunt, laying sick.  Weak. …about to see Jesus. But when we rise.  Husband sick…..Really sick.  Second time in twenty years sick. Plans derailed.   Kids and I venture out.  To church alone. And we […]

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What about the Fallen People?

Another one fell today.  I heard of her…a stranger with two names.              Felt unloved.                             Didn’t trust.                                               Slowly ducked out of, place of worship. I hear of him. A young one. Betrayed by those betrothed to.              From servant to drug seeker.                             A fallen one.                                               Fell due to, a broken preacher. I read of her.  The questioning one.              […]

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