One of our adult children had a tricky surgery last Thursday. On the morning of the surgery, while our son and his wife were anxiously waiting for him to be taken into the OR, I opened my phone texts to read the Bible verses for the day. You see, each morning, dear husband’s brother sends…
Tag: kindness
Givers Get
I’ve been thinking about the counter-intuitive principles of God. “Give and you will receive.” ? But I want, why would I give away? If I don’t hang onto my time and my stuff won’t I have less for myself? Yet we have all experienced the satisfying results of genuine generosity- the times we did give…
Wisdom
Every day we’re reminded how broken and sad our world is. It creeps into our hearts and weighs us down. And woe to those already in pain physically or emotionally, for now we’re reminded that the whole world is hurting. Today more than ever we need the comfort of the Scriptures which have offered hope…
Little Things
Our Trip Home We were leaving the safe haven of our dear friends’ home in Northern Scotland for our long trip home to the US. We had a short flight to London and then the next day 11 flight hours home. Before we left their home for the airport our host slipped Husband a 5…
The Path of Peace
“I married a monster.” I was shocked and saddened to hear an acquaintance thus describe her marriage. I love to hear people’s stories! I mean stories of their lives, more than just an anecdote or two. But yesterday after that life story, I couldn’t shake the sadness. Listening was painful, and my mind couldn’t let…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how negatively we speak to each other. Words are powerful. Negative words; insults, betrayals, gossip, inpatient comments, cutting comebacks, sarcasm, fault-finding, belittling, discouraging words, criticism, lies, disrespect are powerful to harm. The hurt from thoughtless words hurled in anger or bubbling up from impatience can last a lifetime…