Dear Father, This joyous time of year came with a huge price. The birth of your Son meant the death of your Son because that is what He came to do. Sometimes we get caught up in the merrily, merrily and ignore the verily, verily part. The cradle without the cross is incomplete. We must […]
“So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth…” Luke 2:4 Dear Father, Every year I get a Christmas present from you. You always show me a little portion of the Christmas story that I had never considered before. This year is no exception. As I was reading Luke’s account I noticed a little […]
Do you know why I loved my grandmother so much? Because she loved me first! Just as Jesus loved us first! She showed me the unconditional, sacrificial love of Christ! His love was there in her gentle hands. Hands that never harmed me; That touched me and held me with affection and joy. His love […]
Delicious memories are served up in my mind this time of year. Remembering wonderful Thanksgivings at my Memaw’s house cause a warmth to coat my soul and I cannot help but feel the corners of my mouth turn up into a smile as I reflect on those days. When I was seven years old […]
“Let us enter His gates with thanksgiving.” Psalm 100:4 Dear Father, Thanksgiving Day is only a couple of weeks away and somewhere in the recesses of my mind the scene and scent of paste and crayons emerge. Brown paper-sack turkeys plastered to construction paper take me back to third grade. Pilgrims with black buckle hats […]
Intimacy is really not as romantic and attractive as people make it out to be. More often then not, it is painful and ugly. If you looked deep inside our hearts, chances are you probably wouldn’t see a lot of deep, beautiful, profound thoughts and memories. Instead you would see a tangled mess. You would […]
“In Him and through faith in Him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.” Ephesians 3:12 Dear Father, Would you just look at all these tags that are supposed to identify who I am! I have three different badges on a lanyard around my neck five days a week that allows access to my […]
“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” Romans 12:15 Heavenly Father, How I praise you for the privilege of prayer and the joy of standing before you on the behalf of others. Today I have stood before you rejoicing over the wonderful new place you have brought one of my friends. You […]
Giving up on ballroom dancing was easy. Trying to count, stay in rhythm, remember new steps, maintain frame and differentiate between my left and my right at the same time, [yes, I still struggle with this] was difficult. But the hardest thing for me to learn in ballroom dancing was allowing my husband to take […]
“Fear not for I am with thee.” Isaiah 43:5 Dear Father, There is power in your word. Preachers have pounded the pulpit through the ages with that point. Books have been written about it, hymns have been sung, poems recited, but you used a little girl and her boo-boo to carve that scripture into […]
