A Way to Start Over
This is a poem I recently wrote for one of my granddaughters, but maybe it has a good application for all of us. Sometimes we need to bury the past and start fresh, don’t we? New Beginnings Is there a…
Only God
Only God could fling the galaxies into the empty caverns of space. Only a grand God would give us a glimpse of His creativity in the grandeur of a sunset or an ocean or the Grand Canyon. Only a giving…
An Incredible Change
I cannot deny that I’m slowing down, doing less and forgetting more. But thank God, that process will not continue forever. There’s an incredible change around the corner. For those of us who have put our trust in Jesus and…
Dual Citizenship
Thankfully, I am a citizen of the United States of America. How about you? Our country has its share of problems, but for the most part, it’s a great place to live. You may have been born in a different…
Bored
Sometimes my granddaughter used to call me and say, “Grandma, I’m bored.” So we’d talk for a while until she was cheered up and ready to go about the tasks of life without complaining. She doesn’t do that anymore. She’s…
Wedding Mode
We are in wedding mode here. We live with our son and daughter-in-law, and their youngest son is getting married in a few days. So there’s lots of last minute things to do. You can only do so much ahead…
Supplication
Supplication. Now there’s an old word not used much anymore. In fact, it took me a few dictionaries to even find the word. I’m familiar with it because it’s used in the old King James Version of the Bible. Here…
Thanksgiving
I love the Thanksgiving holiday time. The decorations, the aromas, the weather, the family time. It’s all full of satisfying moments. One of our family traditions as we are gathered around the table is to have everyone tell what they…
Confession
Have you ever wronged a person and been convicted enough to confess to him or her the indiscretion? Maybe it was terrible. Maybe slight and rather innocent, but it was an offense. It’s good to get it off our chest,…
Adoration
Our church recently hosted an unusual prayer meeting. We sang worship songs and prayed following the ACTS model. A stands for adoration, C for confession, T for thanksgiving, and S for supplication. I’d like to address each of these over…