I love writing – especially when I feel like I’m listening and letting God guide my thoughts. I love it because it’s those times that I hear God best. Or maybe it’s when I’m listening closest because I want to be poured out in a way that glorifies Jesus. But…
Read moreFour baby barn swallows peered over the edge of the mud nest their mother had built on a wall in a corner of our patio. They were eagerly waiting for their mother to return with breakfast. I had a really good view of the feathered family from my bedroom window.…
Read more“…but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:14 (NKJV) While it was still cool this morning, I went…
Read moreLike so many others, I was captivated by the Olympics earlier this month. There were the major stories – gold medals for the fastest man alive, the most decorated Olympian, the first African-American all around gymnast. You know their names without my sharing them – Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps,…
Read moreWhen our children were younger there were several times when we made an adventure out of giving them gifts. One Christmas in particular, we gave our son a guitar. Under the tree there was a medium-sized box with his name on it. It was beautifully wrapped with shiny Christmas paper…
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