A few days ago I was driving by a barn. Immediately I cringed inside. It isn’t that I don’t like barns. I cringed because the barn reminded me of an undone project. I had promised my teenage granddaughter that we’d photograph old barns together. That familiar, accusing voice hissed- “You haven’t even started your project…
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Ready…Set…Wait
It’s race day. This day had been postponed due to unseasonably prolonged rains. Now the summer sun is finally shining and our fans are eager to cheer us on. My horse has trained for years and has intensely trained for the past four months. I’ve taken care to feed him well. We’ve reviewed the course…
Hard Times
My heart is heavy as I write this. Someone I love is being mistreated . Thoughtless words, accusations, insults, and threats are her daily experience. I hope I can share these thoughts with her in small bites when we chat. These are affirmations that help me cope with my troubles. They may help you, too….
It’s Friday, but Sunday is Coming!
It’s Friday, but Sunday’s comin’! Just when things look the darkest, Jesus shows up. His sweet presence lights up the darkness. It may be that he changes the circumstances or he may do the harder thing – changes our attitudes about the circumstances. Isn’t it amazing that one event that occurred two thousand years ago…
A Little Girl and the Doves
Many years ago there lived a little girl who loved her grandmother’s garden. You may know a girl like her or you may be like her. Summer evenings were the little girl’s favorite time. That was the time the mourning doves came to drink at the small garden pond near the front porch where she…
December Inspiration
My husband read me a sad news headline this morning. (Aren’t most of them sad?!) It reported the death of a 44-year-old man weighing 980 pounds. He began over-eating at age 16 when he slipped into depression after the death of his mother. His health declined and he became bedridden due to his weight….