Today is a very blessed day. Today is my younger son Mark's birthday. He is truly a gift from God and has become everything I ever prayed for him to become and more. For validation of that statement, read the short eloquent post his wife, Lynn, wrote about him this morning at "My Charmed Life." [...]
A moment of honesty . . . In talking with my psychologist about my deep depression a couple of weeks ago, he advised that one important thing I should do for myself for a while, at least, to try to get better is the carefully count the cost before I make a decision to do anything.For [...]
How in the world am I going to do that, you ask!! Well, bear with me for a couple of minutes. And first, let me apologize for being so long to make these applications that I promised to make the end of last week and beginning of this week. I have not felt well this week [...]
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 [...]
It's raining this morning and then it's supposed to turn cold. Of course, cold is a relative term here in the deep south. It's what the rest of United States might call cool with warm days. Be that as it may, it will be a nice change. It's been rather warm the past several days, [...]
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! [...]
The Greatest Gift Oh God, in my striving to know you And understand you What knowledge, what truth is there that I can learn That has not already been learned [...]
Second-Story Window Room Second-story window roomFull of trees and light.Sun and shadowBoth delightThe wooden floorBeside my chairWith patterns bright and movingIn the wind.I share them WithNo one elseThey are my own.This special place Pleases me.To be alone in companyWantingNothing back -Accepting me for what I am.Second-story window roomFull of breezes cool and clear.The peeling walls [...]
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 [...]