Think of everything our hands do. Some hands create beautiful art with a paintbrush, others prepare delicious foods that bring others joy, and some take yards of fabric and turn them into lovely dresses or fine suits. Whatever someone’s hands can create, God is the Giver of the gifts that ...
Read More »“Ode to Joy”
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. ...
Read More »Don’t Ration Your Gratitude!
My dad really saved things—old gas receipts from 1960, the bill for my sister’s birth in 1968 ($160), his yearbook from 1947, and a war ration booklet from 1942 that belonged to my grandfather. Ration booklets held stamps that Americans had to shop with to purchase rationed items such as ...
Read More »“Time of Trial”
Most of us cannot remember a time when we have seen our daily lives halted as we are seeing today. It is truly a time of trial for our country, and our world, as this invisible virus continues to make people ill. This new germ keeps us on edge, along ...
Read More »Be Content, My Soul
When my grandchildren ask me what I did when I was young, I find my answers to be simplistic. In an age of electronic games, multiple sports teams, and personal phones that often isolate us from real human contact, telling my little people about roller skating with old metal skates, ...
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