I didn’t grow up in a denomination which recognized or practiced the season of Lent. Only in my adult life, did I decide it was something I wanted to observe. It’s been several years in which I gave up something for the Lenten season, often wanting it to...
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Waste. Interesting word prompt. The dictionary provides some food for thought as I perused the definitions: “to fail or neglect...
My children are all grown and with children of their own. Yet I cannot forget the feeling which overcame me each time I gave birth as I held each of them. It was a most overwhelming emotion. As I sat in the stillness of my hospital room during the midnight hours, I...
“Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:15-16, NASB) “The man whose today is like his yesterday lacks a sense of God’s timings. No servant of the...
I woke up even earlier than usual, so early in fact, the coffee pot has not even begun to drip. The time the pot is set for has not yet come. I am thinking about how much time is spent waiting … in lines for promotions for a house for a job opening for retirement...
