Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the Lord’s blessings of abundant provision? I have. It often happens at the height of gardening season when I’m picking buckets of beans or when I survey my harvest of potatoes and carrots. I wonder how will we eat all this before it spoils? How can I store this?…
Some people think I’m rigid in following instructions. If I haven’t performed a certain task before, I will follow as close as I can. If it is a task that I’ve completed numerous times, I’ll incorporate my own short cuts or whatever. However, some instructions are meant to be followed just as given. God’s instructions…
Did you know that God will take us the long way to a destination to keep us from turning back? While working on some goals, I wonder why it has to take so long. A genie to grant my wishes as I ask seems wonderful. Yet life doesn’t work that way. We have to work…
Centuries pass, but people remain the same. In desperate times, we seek help from an all-powerful Creator, but as soon as the problem disappears, we revert to normal behavior because normal is comfortable and familiar. I’ve been reading about the plagues before the exodus. Pharaoh summoned Moses to pray to the Lord to take away…
No matter what stage I’m in in life, it seems I’m never enough. My plate overruns with abundance of tasks to accomplish. I can’t fathom how anyone can be bored when there is so much demanding time in the day. Never ending battles with guilt When my babies needed constant care, I worried about neglected…
What lasts? Hand prints in the concrete on a freshly poured patio don’t. Hands and feet dipped in paint and pressed on the wall don’t. Even those pressed into ink and onto a page at birth don’t last forever. Those pressed into plaques to be saved even get stored away in boxes, and one day…
Do you get enough sleep? The last few months, I’ve been tired because my sleep is disrupted. Not enough sleep leaves me groggy and sometimes grumpy. I used to get enough—once my children slept through the night and I figured out what worked for me. But now, I’ve come to value a good night’s rest…
God moments happen when I least expect them. Seeing God act never gets old. For me, two such times happened under stress. Sometimes I forget the faithfulness and goodness of God. I wrestle with a decision or a choice. I lash out in anger. Why, God? I seek guidance but feel stuck. Then SMACK. I…
I’m living in a construction zone, which reminds me to remember that little steps add up to the completion of big projects. This summer, I’ve watched my rural subdivision go from country to more town-like. New homes block my view of the wildlife racing through the field or grazing in the waning sunlight. And it…
One morning on my walk, I happened to glance along the roadside and glimpsed a four-leaf clover. My mom and sister love looking for the allusive four-leaf clovers and pressing them in books. I walk at a fast clip so to notice a four-leaf clover while walking is incredible to me. Whenever I join my…