IN THE BEGINNING
Early one morning – the sun was still weak, I stepped through an old rusted gate.Walked into my garden and took peekWhat I saw, I know, was my fate. Overcome by… Read more IN THE BEGINNING →
The Wellspring
When Love is abundant, store it awayFor a time of great hate will comeWhen it does and you stand in warring days You’ll have plenty to draw love from. When it’s day and gorgeous Light fills your eyes,Keep the vision of Light in mind.For darkness will come and and evil will riseWhen for the blind your light must shine When Hope spills like water over your dayWhen within your soul all is wellPour this hope in a well – make it to stayThen dig deep, when fear wants to dwell When… Read more The Wellspring →
Thankful for 24-Hour News Cycle
My oldest son is a producer of a morning show for a news station a few hours away from here. I am thinking a lot about him these days. I… Read more Thankful for 24-Hour News Cycle →
It Takes Time
He wasn’t dying. That is, he wasn’t dying as quickly as everyone expected. Dying slowly was one thing; dying alone was another. She hated the thought that he had to endure both. She pulled up a chair next to his hospital bed and reached across the flimsy white sheet for his bony hand. His body twitched. The muscles in his face contorted rhythmically, expressing smiles and pain intermittently. She didn’t know if the morphine was the cause or if he was comforted and tormented by eighty-four years of memories. She… Read more It Takes Time →
In the Beginning
Humans were not the first ones to string lights. It was the Maker Himself. Before man was able to see and feel God’s love, He decorated the heavens and sent… Read more In the Beginning →
At the End of the Day
What do I own at the end of the day, When the sun goes down on my old, pale frame? What do I own in this world so vast? My… Read more At the End of the Day →
The Nearness of God (Sunday Quote)
Some time ago, early in the morning, I read in my devotional “A Diary of Private Prayer” by John Baillie. As the sun slowly rose the beams of light shone through my kitchen window. The rays broke through some stained glass and hit the pages of my book while I was praying. It was a gentle glimpse of my Father’s heart through creation. Here is what I was reading, “O LORD and Maker of all things, whose creative power made the first ray of light, and who looked on the… Read more The Nearness of God (Sunday Quote) →
An Instrument of God
Last night the kids and I stopped by the lake to see an amazing sunset. In all my years of taking pictures of sunrises and sunsets I have never seen… Read more An Instrument of God →
