Tag Archives: soul

Completely spent, we sank into our comfort spots in the dimly lit living room.  I finally broke the silence.  “I have a feeling I’m never going to be alright again.” “I know” my husband wearily agreed. Early that morning I had been abruptly jolted out of a flu induced fog ...

Psalm 42:5 -Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation. My husband and I drove our neighbor to a local gym. She is an elderly lady, and based on ...

Our senses are a gift from God. Through sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound we experience life. Through our sense of smell, we remember. Rich tulips remind me of springtime when I was a little girl, the days warming in invitation to come out and play. The heavy scent of ...

At the edge of the yard on my dad’s property grew a large bed of vibrant orange tiger lilies. Every year as early summer came, they popped up and opened toward the sky. They were not just another patch of old-fashioned flowers; they had been planted 60 years before by ...

Happiness bubbles up quickly when things are going well, yet it is a fickle feeling that plummets just as quickly. Joy is something deeper– an assurance of what will be,  because God has promised it. The tides of life that sweep happiness away cannot steal true joy from the soul. ...