When the call from the doctor came I prayed that split second petition one more time, “Prepare my heart for the words I’m about to hear.” And then I sat down to write the long medical words so I would get them straight. Cirrhosis is not even mentioned in the report. No indication of fibrosis. Mild inflammation. Schedule a […]

I woke up thinking about Her. I would really rather NOT think about Her because there is not a lot of pleasure associated with thinking about Her. There is a lot of pain and multiple problems and maybe even a little bit of panic. But pleasure? Not so much.     I’m not sure why after […]

I love my screened porch, especially in the mornings. Because our lot is next to a green belt that follows a creek bed, I look out into a forest of tall pines, old live oaks and a few flowering baskets. With the fans going, the porch was almost cool enough (well, anyway it was “not too hot” for […]

Monday started with a pretty regular To Do list: plant flowers & weed by the old barrel water fountain order birthday present for Mr. E send speaker’s photo to Jim prepare devotional for Chapel choose songs for Chapel Dr. appointment I didn’t realize when I started the day how much the first things on the […]

Someone suggested to me recently that we Christians may be sending false messages about our God because we are confused about duty and delight. Really? How would that send a wrong message about God? Think about this … “Tragically most of us have been taught that duty, not delight, is the way to glorify God. We have […]

When the amount of uncertainty swirls around us as it has in recent days, I am so grateful that the God who created the universe has communicated to us directly. I am so thankful for the anchoring truth of the Bible. That may sound like church lady talk but, it’s not just that. I’m committed to recovery from that faux existence. This […]

The beauty of the broken is found beyond this place And all of us are broken – in need of healing grace   The fact that we encounter brokenness shouldn’t surprise us since God Himself told us straight out in Genesis 3: 16-19 that the result of sin entering His creation would be brokenness. Life […]

Joyful Exhaustion. Or maybe … Exhausting Joy. That’s the only way I can think to describe how the college reunion left me. I don’t remember being so exhausted by pure joy, except at the birth of my children. So much joy, it wore me out! And left me wanting more! Even now that I’m back home, I keep reliving […]

Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly. Proverbs 17:12   At our house we call it OMDB. Over. My. Dead. Body. OMDB is shorthand for “I will relinquish this only when you pry it from my cold dead hands.” This warning comes into play when […]

Spring Break of ’73 came with mixed emotions. Excitement – because our touring music group was going to visit Mount Vernon and the Atlantic coastline and have time in New York City … but also – please pass a Kleenex – heartbreaking tears because it would seem like a FOREVER separation from a certain tall, blonde basketball player. To ease the pain […]