Comfort

Comfort When you’re down and discouraged, what brings you comfort?  Maybe you grab a carton of ice cream and just start digging in with a spoon.  Is there a favorite movie or TV show you like to watch, because of the familiar storyline or characters?  Do you wrap yourself up in a blanket and take…

Where do you rest?

I was walking on a trail and came across this very old, weather-beaten chair…with no seat!  A chair with no seat is not a good place to rest. Psalm 94:12-13  “Blessed is the man whom You discipline, O LORD, and whom You teach out of Your law, to give him rest from days of trouble…”…

Lifting weights

I didn’t participate in organized sports as a kid—I sang in the choir.  Edited the poetry section of the school magazine.  I was in the French club (oui!).  The only time I spent in a gym was the required hour each school day for P.E. class. After our children were grown, my husband decided it…

Grief

I lost my Mom the night before Thanksgiving. Well, maybe I shouldn’t say “lost” – I know where she is–in Heaven with Jesus. But she’s no longer living here with me. I’ve lost the ability to see her with my own eyes and hug her with my own arms, to tell her I love her…

It’s a sign!

What do you do when you’re stopped in traffic? Do you look around at the other cars, reading license plates without really thinking about it, reading billboards while you wait for the traffic to start moving again? Are those signs even effective—will you remember what you read? Advertisers are banking on it! “If you think…

God sees!

We love to spend family vacation in Colorado. On our most recent trip, we did a 7-mile “moderate” hike—which took us 6 hours! Much of the hike followed next to a rushing mountain stream. We saw spacious meadows filled with wildflowers, butterflies, and hummingbirds. We lunched at a waterfall. It was almost magical! Then my…