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Birthdays
This year I turned sixty. Sixty! It is hard to get my head around that number. “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 As a rule, I don’t like birthdays. The reasons have been as varied as the number of birthdays I have...
Lord, are you willing?
I hope that everyone reading this post knows that our Lean Into Jesus Ministries team is preparing for the 2020 Conference “Willing.” We are organizing, planning, praying and pouring our energy into a one-day event that will encourage all who attend. We had a...
Rotten Potatoes
“One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.” Proverbs 12:26 The people around you have a profound effect on you. All my life, I have heard clichés of truth such as: “Garbage in leads to garbage out.” “What comes out...
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE…
Three funerals in twelve days! A sixty-two-year-old lifelong childhood friend, a fifty-year-old lady that was my dear cousin, and a beautiful nineteen-year-old girl that had attended my church for the last six years. As I thought about these three beautiful souls, I...
Get Rid of the Garbage
Amused, I watched my garbage can dangle mid-air along the side of the noisy garbage truck as it traversed the highway on its way to the next stop. The bright blue receptacle had a large gash that caught on one of the loading arms. The driver valiantly tried to release...
Sin Sick
Sickness is not fun! If you have lived on this earth very long, you have encountered illness from time to time. When we have an infection, we are not ourselves. Weakness, discomfort, and other unpleasant things tend to accompany being sick. To put it plain and simple:...
What if it’s True?
What if it's True? There's a beautiful song by Nichole Nordeman called "What If" that inspired me to write this blog. The words touched my heart and made me think. What if you're right? And He was just another nice guy What if you're right? What if it's true? They say...
Singing a New Song
I thought my mom would enjoy spending a Saturday at a nearby ladies’ conference, so I signed us up. She loved being around people and getting all gussied up with her fancy earrings. She could sashay with the best of them. So, sashay she did – right to the front table....
LOVED
My sweet Momma made a statement to me on the phone recently that my mind replayed throughout the day. Her words were full of encouragement: “You are brave, you are sweet, you are smart, and you are loved.” Hearing this list of affirming values from one who has always...
The Plumb Bob
A plumb bob, or plummet, is a weight, usually with a pointed tip on the bottom, suspended from a string and used as a vertical reference line, or plumb line. It is essentially the vertical equivalent of a "water level." Wikipedia Every year I make a “pilgrimage” to a...
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