It’s not January, but it’s time for some new resolutions in my house. Well, maybe not so much resolutions as “mantras”. If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you know I’m very honest about the mental struggle I fight. Though I consider myself to be a positive person, once in awhile Eor overtakes my subconscious, and I find myself …
Listen for a Prelude
A violinist stands center field giving a unique touch to our high school band’s show this year. The melancholy tune adds a haunting melody that speaks to the soul. Their music tells a story. I wish I could describe it. The music crescendos with trumpets and tubas, flutes and clarinets, drums, bells, cymbals….ahhh the cymbals. My heart swells with the beauty of …
Another Doorstep
It seemed a normal day. A routine visit to the doctors during my fifth month of pregnancy. Two weeks earlier my husband of six months had boarded a plane to fight a war. Yes, a war. Yes, you’ve done the math correctly. We conceived a baby 5 minutes after saying “I do.” And I was now a single mom “sort of” …
Elizabeth’s Doorstep
Mary of Nazareth ……It is her humanity that makes her character endearing. Mary had been in the company of The Angel who stands in the presence of God (Luke 1:19). She witnessed a piece of heaven itself. But even though she accepted the assignment, the “charitoo” given to her, she didn’t sit in her room waiting for it to happen. She did …
The Purpose
It’s always good to reevaluate why you are doing what you do. As I was going through my archives I found this post. This was my mission statement, I guess. I don’t post many blurbs from my book anymore, but I hope to bring this blog back to the Marys and to other Biblical characters who were used by God …