On a podcast this week the speaker shared an experience that all of us can identify with. As a newlywed on her honeymoon, she wanted to appear worldly-wise on their trip to Paris. She ordered a mixed grill which included pancreas. She bravely ate and enjoyed everything but the pancreas which she put off for…
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The Rough Door
Disclaimer: This short story is an allegory/parable meant to convey a spiritual truth, not to describe a physical object in Heaven. Lately, during times of pain, I picture God’s throne room. At one end of the long room opposite the throne stands huge, ornately carved double gold doors on well oiled hinges that open at…
Like a Rock
Numb. Do you ever just feel numb? Lately, there has been an abundance of bad news in our family. It seems like every day there is one more bad surprise. Some days I just can’t process it all. I escape into numbness. This is a normal response to pain. We protect ourselves by walling off…
Moving Forward
I was in a dither. I was running an important errand, had a very tight schedule, and I had made a stupid mistake that made my errand way longer than it needed to be. Our son was coming with our two granddaughters for a visit and I needed to get home because Husband had a…
Finding Grace
When I typed the date for this blog to be posted, a flood of memories rushed up. A high school girl kneeling beside her bed pouring out her sadness, fear, and loneliness to a God who hears. She had just gotten word that her ill mother had died. She would need divine grace to deal with…
When Life Doesn’t Make Sense
His scream tore the early morning air as his body hurtled toward the rocks below. Just one misstep and his young life was snuffed out. One minute he was preparing his ropes for rock climbing, the next he was dead. Today one of our adult daughters called and recounted this unexpected loss of her 19-year-old…