I also wanted to know if God performs miracles today. The ones I witnessed were my own, deeply personal miracles. When my life should have been a mess, miracles shimmered instead—joy when there should be gloom. Peace instead of restlessness, and security when fear...
That's what I wanted to know. What is the best resolution one can make? I pondered what mine would be until I heard a new friend share her insight. We sat at the dinner table and she related the tragic death of her son. I understood as I've traveled on that road of...
How do we face tragedies? The media displays all kinds of ways: "They left the football field with arms up in the air," a report said. A well-known football team showed support after a recent indictment handed down by a grand jury. Many across the country are enraged....
Among the relentless demands, is it possible to find balance in life? I found my answer last Saturday in the park. I went down on one knee and held my granddaughter’s smooth face in my hands. “Look sweet girl,” I said, “if you keep your eyes ahead; if you keep...
We all want that, don’t we? We long to improve, to be more successful in our endeavors and strive to be a better person. “I’ve noticed a change in me,” my friend said on the phone. “I’m trying so hard to be more gentle, to be more understanding and patient,” she said....
God’s will is not for us to be “Fat, sick and nearly dead,” which is the title of the video created by Joe Cross. The phrase describes his life. Until he decided to change and begin again. www.fatsickandnearlydead.com . He asserts that most Americans spend the first...
Choosing good friends is a blessing and an art. For good friends make life sweeter, days brighter and our journey pleasant. Last evening around 6, I pulled away from my computer and paused because I detected a strange odor. I turned to hubby. “I smell smoke,” I told...
“You just wrote about fear,” a reader wrote, “but how about conquering fear and anxiety?” She’s right. Fear and anxiety are like vinegar and water. Mixed together, they clean out our serenity and wipe away our perfect peace. But can you blame us? How can we have peace...
I was in my kitchen busy chopping onions for my favorite salmon dish the other day as I listened to a photographer being interviewed on the radio. He had gone into an odd adventure. After asking permission of dozens of folks, he took photographs of the inside of their...
The other night, close to midnight, I woke up suddenly and poked hubby. “What was that? I heard a loud noise outside the patio door.” Being the hero that he is, he got up from a sound sleep. He opened the patio door to find a squirrel splattered on the pool deck. He...