Image of Forgiveness

I’m not sure why an event has been rerunning in my mind all night, but it could be the message on forgiveness I heard that was truthfully pointed, yet lovingly delivered.  Too often lately it seems that so many relationships have been through trauma.  Deep sadness has resulted from friendships torn apart by unintentional rumors and intentional criticisms. … Read more

What God has joined . . .

Open letter to my precious, loving husband. Today we celebrate 43 years of life together. I can’t imagine life without you. “For better – we’ve had better; for worse – we’ve had worse” and that’s how to live the storybook life. The first years were like being in a canoe – paddle one side, then … Read more

Encouragement – like it or not

The road ahead may seem impossible, might even seem like there is no road ahead, but that’s how life is. Mysterious, overgrown with complications, messy and often cold … Fear Not! Deuteronomy 31:6 (MSG) “Be strong. Take courage. Don’t be intimidated. Don’t give them a second thought because God, your God, is striding ahead of you. … Read more

What's in your snowball?

What’s in your snowball? I’ve been thinking about snowballs a lot lately. It might have started when I opened email from several different friends and saw was a snowball headed straight for me. Maybe these thoughts of snowballs was prompted by a text from my grandson, Tyler, stationed in Virginia, saying “I want snow for … Read more

Need

Yesterday I woke up exhausted – but it didn’t last long. I perked right up on the trek to physical therapy about an hour away. Fortunately, my husband claims he loves to drive in any weather and in his words “Have 4-wheel drive, will travel.”  That didn’t relieve me of the strategic mission of the … Read more

Refining Grace