The child in the picture and that big old lion, with the cows and the lamb came walking toward me, I remember I was quite frightened at first, but they didn’t seem to see me. They just walked straight ahead, and disappeared once they came up to the crib. This ...
Read More »Tired of Trying to Hold it all Together?
Although I love many things about my life and the times I’m living in, there are those days when I miss the innocence and pleasures of childhood. Those simple days long ago when my biggest concern was whether it would rain the next day, keeping me from the swimming pool, ...
Read More »Are You a Foolish Wife?
According to Merriam-Webster, insanity is defined as “something that is very foolish or unreasonable”. No one would ever care to define themselves as insane, yet continuing the same pattern over and over again only to achieve the same results would be classified as just that notion. Take for example a ...
Read More »Child, I’ll Take Care of the Monster
Dear Jesus, There’s a monster in my room. But it’s not under my bed. It’s neither in my closet nor in my head. He’s very real and very ugly, too. The monster comes out at night, when everyone is asleep. When the house is quite and the lights are off, ...
Read More »Divorce and the Misquoted Scripture
“God hates divorce.” Most of us have heard this quote from the Scriptures many times. But Malachi 2:16 has more to say than just those three words. “For I hate divorce!” says the Lord, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. ...
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