Right now, I am writing this post from my balcony overlooking the beautiful beaches of Destin, Florida. The stage is set with umbrellas still folded neatly, the waves crashing in and out, and the sounds of children playing in the distance. It’s still morning, too early to endure the harsh reality of having to read…
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Break My Heart for What Breaks Yours, but . . .
Although I know that I wrote how important winter is in our lives a month or so back, I sure look forward to the springtime emerging. I see glimmers of hope in the green grass that has recently sprung out of the ground in Arkansas. I know this post is relative to where you live,…
Don’t Be an Ostrich, Be a Stork
You have heard the old retort to when a kid asks his parents how he came into the world: “The stork brought you.” I’ve decided that is actually a pretty good response to my nine-year-old daughter and eleven-year-old son. Yes, we have already had the “s” talk, but more than anything I need them to…
The Importance of Winter
I have hinted at in my past writings that the winter always tends to be a difficult time for me. It reminds me of things I would like to forget, but every year those same old bluish memories wash over me once again. The other day, in a bout of unseasonably warm weather and a…
My Thankfulness Runs Deeply
As I sit in my cluttered office, my mind is beginning to release some of its own clutter… My heart is always full this time of year with thoughts of family and friends. Much of my past seems to rear its ugly head this time of year too, and I generally struggle with a sort…
A Case of the Shoulds
For the last month or so I have really been convicted in the area of my motives for doing things and the expectations that I place on others. Being a pastor’s wife, there are a lot of social pressures and unwritten rules of what I should be doing. Honestly, we have a very sweet church…
Putting Aside My Prison Clothes
2 Kings 25: 27-30 27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Evil-Merodach [a] became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin from prison on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. 28 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those…
Sin in My Shoe
A while back, I was jogging walking fast in my neighborhood. I love to spend time just taking in the beauty of the morning, getting my mind right, and boosting my metabolism a little for the day. While I was “walking fast,” I got something trapped in my shoe. Everything in me wanted to ignore…
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