We all know people in our lives that we look at and wonder how they can remain so graceful. My grandmother was one of those people, a farmers wife and daughter, hard working, lived through WWI and WWII, Vietnam, and other conflicts, the Great Depression, raising kids before antibiotics, living in the oftentimes unforgivable terrain…
“Then, when his days of ministry were completed, he went home. After this time his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she went into seclusion for five months, saying, “So has the Lord done for me at a time when he has seen fit to take away my disgrace before others.” Luke 23-25 I can’t help but…
This is the big weekend! My three children are in the local production of Scrooge. They have been working really hard for about a month in preparation for it. Each of them has given something up to be part of it. My husband and I have adjusted our schedules and the household schedules to accommodate…
I have finally gotten around to putting up some decorations inside the house today. I have decided that my tree is really ugly, (the fake one) and I want a new one. I also decided that I was bored with the same old placement of things. I want a new dining room set, I want to…
“Pray without ceasing”Someone introduced me to the Tibetan Prayer Flag today. It is a clothesline concept with sheets of fabric and Tibetan prayers written on them and the idea is that when the wind blows the prayers are sent out into the world. I love this idea and there is no reason why if you aren’t comfortable with…
“Your hands made me and fashioned me; give me insight to learn your commands.” Psalms 119:73Isn’t is a little humbling and bewildering to consider that God’s hands made you and fashioned you? The imagery is so intimate and when I consider it, I am left with awe and wonder. How could I, with all of…
“I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you and set youas a covenant of the people,a light to the nations,To open the eyes of the blind,to bring out prisoners from confinement,and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness” Isaiah 42: 6-7You.
“And coming to her, he said, “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God” Luke 1: 28-30When I try to put myself in…
“In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.” Luke 26-27In most pictures depicting the annunciation, there is an angel floating above where Mary lay clearly…