Miscellaneous things that I post. Could be deep. Could be shallow. Could be sad. Could be funny. Might even be true.
The sunset was beautiful this evening. At least I think it was. There was so much stuff in the way it was hard to see it. But I could see enough to know there was beauty there, even if the worldly stuff was in the way. Just imagine what it would have looked like if […]
Peering past the cradle of creation, God saw the claws of evil sink deep into the stories of so many yet to come. Evil spirits, long sent in exile, Would pile their garbage on a beautiful world, invoking rash behavior from all but One. Prophets penning clues of our salvation, Spoke of apples and sins
Over the course of my life, there have been several occasions where I have been acutely aware of something very bad almost happening. This morning, I experienced it again. Every time it happens, I have questions. Was it coincidence? Was I lucky? Blessed? Miraculously spared? If so, why me and not others? Why this time?
It is so refreshing, and necessary, to get away from the stresses of life. To relax in solitude, or blend in to the crowd and live life in the slow lane. We all need it. However, I am convinced that it is not the place we were meant to live on a regular basis. Not
There are times when I have felt overwhelmed. Most of those times, it was because there was just more going on than I could handle. This morning I found this bit of scripture, which brings a whole new perspective to being overwhelmed. Hallelujah! An evil person suffers much pain, but the Lord ’s faithfulness overwhelms
He sat in the corner of the fast food restaurant, squeezing the contents of a handful of ketchup packets onto his tray. When he finished emptying the last packet, he quietly rose from his seat and went to the counter for another hand full of ketchup packets, then back to his seat, where he opened
For us living in the USA, today is Independence Day. It is the day when we celebrate our declaration of independence from England. We celebrate it because independence is a big thing for us in the US. We are proud of our independence. That self reliant leave-me-alone-I-can-take-care-of-myself kind of spirit. Today we shoot fireworks to
I have been thinking about rainy days lately. In recent weeks, we have had our share of cloudy days. A few weeks ago, the basement flooded again. We had allowed the gutters to get clogged, so the rainwater just poured beside the house and made a mess. But that is not really what I have
It once was a yard. The lap that cradled a home. A place where children could play under the shade of big magnolia trees while the breeze shared the lemony scent of the huge white blossoms. Now the chainsaws and bulldozers are hard at work cutting it all down and clearing it off. Turning the
The black widow spider was lurking under the water meter lid. It was a perfect place. A dark, hidden recess in the ground. Protected from the elements and almost never visited by man. Almost. Typically, it is not my job to check the water meter, so I very rarely open the lid. However, yesterday I