I have several C words to be thankful for today. Here they are one at a time with explanations following.Children.I'm very thankful for my three children, David, Rebecca & Mark. They are blessings in so many ways I can't even count them. I'm also very thankful for my step-daughter, Kristine. She is like my own [...]
I got the greatest idea from one of my blogging friends, Leah Stephens, whose blog is "Life With Pugs." Leah and her husband (and two pugs) live in Denver, but Leah is from Texas and all her family lives there.She decided to go through the alphabet posting things she is thankful for this Thanksgiving and [...]
Sometimes in life there are no words. The expressions of the heart must rise above words to flower in more subtle, yet meaningful ways.This occurs when one is confronted with death. What is there to say, really. Death is the great unknown for all of us. We are all going to die, yet none of [...]
If Christ had
done nothing more for humanity than give it the word "sleep" in place of
"death," He would have been the greatest benefactors. He taught new truth
about death, explaining that it is not what it seems. It is to life what
sleep is to the day. Sleep rests and restores the body [...]
I very rarely forward emails sent to me any more and even more rarely ever offer any of them here, but today I received one from a school mate and just had to pass it along. It is a video of a British phone salesman who doesn't look like much on the outside, but wow! [...]
That man is a success who has lived
well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent
men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his
task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved
poppy, a perfect poem or a [...]
You can't
control the length of your life, but you can control its width and depth.
You can't control the contour of your face, but you can control its
expression. You can't control the weather, but you can control the
atmosphere of your mind. Why worry about things you can't control when you
can [...]
She moves softly around me as I sleep, shadows fleeting across my vision. It brings back memories of my childhood when her caress was all that kept me going.
Her gentle, yet strong hand guiding me in all that was right and good.
She is my mother.
Her hands today [...]
The fruit of the Spirit word for this week is prayer from Colossians 4:2. So we should devote ourselves to prayer this week.I suggest that in thinking about that and doing it we focus of special people and special things in their lives we want to pray about. And in our own life.Sometimes it's easy [...]
This week's interview is with Neva Cooper, who blogs over at "Dancing in the Light," which I think is a beautiful name for a blog. She and her family live in the panhandle of the beautiful state of Texas (which only a Texan such as myself would think about the panhandle of Texas, but hey).Enjoy [...]