Maybe I’m just tired, but as I pondered about what our theme should be this week, the word “rest” kept coming to mind. I think of “rest” when I think of summer. My favorite season awaits just around the corner. We’re almost there. Memorial Day is the holiday when summer officially begins in my book and the beach town …
The Promise of His Presence: Rest
Take a deep breath and read God’s promise to Moses again. There is so much going on in the context of this scripture (Exodus 33). It’s quite fascinating, really. I know I’ve read it and studied it a bazillion times, but as I studied it again this week, it was like I had never read it before. Do you …
God is Good…Do you need to know this today?
Led by a tug on my spirit, I write. Maybe one person needs this: She was funny and spunky, an elementary teacher for over twenty years. At age fifty she still had a lot to give to her new grandbaby, her fourth graders, and her community. But cancer had struck a second time, and the diagnosis was grim. …
Are You Worried? Busy? Lonely? Tired?
Photo by my friend Kim M AndristClouds reflecting the promise of the new day… The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. “The sorrows for the appointed feasts I will …
Jack Chronicles II
There’s a wiggling puppy between my feet. He’s always gnawing, sniffing, biting, and busy– unless he’s asleep. When he is asleep he is a perfect angel. Loss of mind allowed this puppy into our lives. A pure moment of insanity. When he is in the middle of a “Jack Attack” and nothing will stop him from growling and biting my …