I went to a small-town celebration recently. It was an annual event but the first time I had been. I was able to sit back and watch everyone and how they interacted with each other. Everything I saw there made me smile. There were family members who were joking around with each other. There…
“Come with Me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” Mark 6:31 There are 2 words in this verse that I want to explore. Last week I chose “quiet”, and this week I am choosing “rest”. What a wonderful invitation: come away where it’s quiet and rest. And what a…
“Come with Me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” Mark 6:31 There are 2 words in this verse that I want to explore, and this week I am choosing “quiet”. I have been seeing a lot of this word recently and it is catching my attention. I first…
I was sick recently. Nothing that requires a lot of treatment or even life changes. But something that altered a couple of weeks and a few of my activities of daily living. One of the things I had was an eye infection. I haven’t had one of those since I was a teenager. It…
There’s a poem called “Pennies from Heaven” that I learned about after my dad passed away. My mom shared it with me and it talks about how, when you find a penny on the ground, it comes from someone in heaven who is trying to put a happy moment in your day. I’ve been…
“…And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us…” Hebrews 12:1 As a runner, I find it fitting that the word “perseverance” is what we are encouraged to have to run our race. With long distance races of marathons and half marathons, I can almost see this verse hovering over each…
The definition of a hero is “a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character; a person who, in the opinion of others, has special achievements, abilities, or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model or ideal”. There are heroes all around us. In the midst of most tragedies,…