At the beginning of every new year, we’re encouraged to improve ourselves, make goals, and take control of our lives. This isn’t wrong, but it’s only part of the story. Besides turning inward, we need to turn Godward. We find peace when we recognize that God is sovereign. We can only do so much. He…
Tag: trust
Test or Rest?
We got a distraught call yesterday from a family member. It was heart-wrenching. She had had a Zoom meeting with a court mediator regarding custody of her children. It was conducted unfairly. There was no accountability for irresponsible behavior. The outcome of the meeting was unreasonable. We hung up from the conversation with a…
When It Doesn’t Make Sense
So many things haven’t made sense this year on a global, national, and personal level. Our 41-year-old daughter spent her year suffering through cancer treatments including radical surgery, and long and painful chemo and radiation treatments. A close family member battled deep depression. Most of the year my activities were restricted due to a health…
Spring Housecleaning for the Soul
I like the quote I read somewhere that Lent observance is like Spring housecleaning for the soul. I’ve been motivated to do a little deeper than usual cleaning because the sun came out and I could clearly see the dust and spiderwebs lurking in my house! And the sunshine gave me a lift so I’m…
Chilling Out
Our refrigerator died. We bought it less than three years ago for our new house that Husband built. Yes, there are several lawsuits against the manufacturer. We aren’t the only ones. But that doesn’t help us get a new refrigerator. We realized our beautiful, shiny fridge wasn’t keeping the food cold at 5:05 pm on a…
Strong
I was worried. The roads were slick and my newly licensed granddaughter needed to drive her little sister to school. Husband offered to come and take little sister to school, but older granddaughter declined. Quoting from her text, “Don’t worry! I got this!” Over the course of several snowy days and lots of worry,…