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I zipped my suitcase shut, and my 4'10", white-haired Mom walked in. "I worry about you traveling alone," she said. "Someone will be staying with you in the hotel, right?" I imagine having her blind daughter travel to another country by herself concerns her. "Sure," I...
Hubby and I took off for our routine evening walk. And as we rounded the walking trail, he repeatedly had to duck to avoid smashing his head against the branches that hung low. He endured this annoyance for a while. Then he decided to take action. So the next day,...
Life can turn dark in so many ways. We were heading to church and Hubby rolled down his window. As he opened his wallet, he said, "There's a woman with a sign that says, 'My kids need to eat.'" Some put up signs and some sink in self-pity for lack of funds. But many...
"I know the guy is not the right one for her," my friend said some years back. "But as long as she's happy." Her daughter married him and shortly after, it ended in a painful and bitter divorce. Is wishing happiness what we want for our kids? Happiness is often...
When I was a little boy, I remember sitting patiently in church with my parents. At the end of the service, the pastor would dismiss the congregation with a benediction. It was from Numbers 6: 24-26, and it goes like this: "The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord...
"The end of a thing is better than its beginning..." (Eccl. 7:8a) With Winter coming on I finally decided to replace the worn and torn blanket and quilt on my bed. Years of washing and dogs and cats jumping on them had left them threadbare and full of holes. I found a...
"What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul." (Matthew 16:26). My wonderful daughter made me a red velvet birthday cake this year using her own special combination of creativity and love. It was huge and I cut myself the biggest...
Anyone who has read this post for any length of time will know that I believe in the unerring Word of God. What one finds between the covers of the Bible is God-inspired, God-protected, and is "useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness."...
"But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened...
My mother has a big orange cat named Dundee. Dundee was a rescue kitten, but for the first three years of his life at my mom's home, he truly only had one problem in the world: my golden retriever. Every time we went away, grandma would have the privilege of looking...
I just heard that Costa Rica is the place to go for a make-over of the body. You know those muffin tops? They can be gone now. Or if you want a little tuck here, a little fat removed from here, some added there. The whole body can be transformed. "And the price is...
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us...let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith." (Hebrews 12:1-2) It was a hot, cloudless morning. As I was waking up, enjoying a cup of coffee, my attention was drawn to the bird feeder...
While He was here on Earth, Jesus gave us a simple command: "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matt. 11:28 NET) It sounds easy enough, doesn't it? I mean, how hard can it be to "come" to the lover of our souls (See Ps. 18:19)?...