A Moment in the Sun: Feasting on Daily Manna
Last week felt like darkness… A sick child, battles over school work, a co-op class to teach, my seminary class work to do, and life… It felt heavy and dark and never-ending… I’m never going to catch-up. I’m a terrible parent. And I want more?!? I can’t even keep afloat with the children I have…I’m crazy…
Can God Get Even Him?
Monday bombs exploded, lives changed, three died. And we didn’t know who it was. . . Thousands of miles away shocked I cried and prayed. I couldn’t imagine what those in Boston were experiencing. By Friday night we had two suspects – one was dead and the other in custody. Still we wonder. Who were…
How to Persevere
I feel it my my soul when I struggle to do something. Anger boils hot. It bubbles in different forms. “This stupid computer.” “It’s not abstract?! If you have to say it isn’t terribly abstract it probably is abstract.” “UGH! Why doesn’t this work the way I think it should work!” Underlying my frustration is…
Finding Joy in God’s Plan
I claw and scream inwardly as I cling to unraveling plans–my plans for a good life, great kids, a perfect marriage. But lives don’t follow carefully laid plans and great kids have minds of their own. Perfect marriages don’t exist–there are no perfect wives or husbands. Still I tie myself in knots when my plans…
Acceptance
“Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?” Isaiah 2:22 My heart beat quickens. My stomach ties into knots. I fear the words I am about to say will sound…ridiculous. I nearly stutter as my words slowly tumble out of my mouth. I avert my…
The Bottom Line
Wars, rumors of wars. Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan. Earthquakes. Japan, Australia, Haiti. Chaos. Uproar. People wounded, dead, dying, struggling to survive. Shattered dreams. Longings unfulfilled, dreams broken, hopes dashed. Daily things. Screaming children, spilling coffee, traffic jam, late again. Tragedies. Children sick, mothers dying suddenly, random violence, missing people. Bottom line. God knows, God loves,…
Comparing
Must be nice….. She seems to have it all together. Why am I stuck doing _____ and he gets to do something I have been wanting to do for a long time? Why does everything seem to come easy to them and we have to struggle? Sound familiar? Can you think of a time in…
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