“Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the military personnel who had died while serving in the United States Armed Forces” (Wikipedia). These men and women are our
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A socially distant Mother’s Day? While on a recent video meeting, I found myself reminiscing with one of my sons about the Mother’s Day gardens we sowed, games we played, and the stories we shared.
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Strapping in with other thrill-seekers and launching to soaring heights, the entire park visible from the top. I braced myself for the free fall and gripped the sidebar until my knuckles turned white. But when
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A time for everything? We’re told these are uncertain times. What about yesterday, last year, or twenty years from now? Who knows what tomorrow will bring? Isn’t any time an uncertain time? As we pray
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As we go through these days of new routines, new concerns, new priorities (who would have ever thought we would be planning trips to the stores early just to get toliet paper!!!!) may we stop and spend time with the ONE who knows all, knows our future, and is in control. We need to seek Him and let Him fill us with His Spirit–for that is where we will find our true PEACE.
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Fearful or fearless? The choice is ours. This is a time in our world where we need to ask this question. And throughout our lives it remains a choice we make. Fear stalks us. And
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Perfect Father My dad had a way of warming hearts with his smile. If he were here today, my twenty-one-year-old son might say, “Pop’s authentic,” but, Noah never met him. My husband and three older
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When I think about my future plants that I will be enjoying this year, I’m reminded of the Master Gardener—the One who with His hands fashioned not only the world, but also me.
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We tell our daughters they are enough, but one day they’ll learn they are not. May they also learn that Jesus is. He is more than enough for all we need.
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A love of a lifetime… I remember the vow my husband and I made to love each other until, when old and gray, death would part us. It wasn’t something I’d ever dwell on. Death
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