In The Orchestra Of Life
"Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous - how well I know it." (Psalm 139:14, NLT) "Antonio Stradivari was a seventeenth-century violin maker whose name in its Latin form, Stradivarius, has become synonymous with excellence....
Name
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Name. We are told she went to the tomb early, while it was yet dark, to go to the tomb where Jesus had been laid. Upon finding the stone rolled away from the...
Memorial Day Thoughts
We celebrated Memorial Day earlier this week. It is a holiday in which we remember and honor those who have given their lives while serving in the armed forces, protecting our freedoms and land. Many put out their flags, went to a parade, and attended a barbeque. We...
Caring, Controlled & Community
We continued with the second week in “A Faith That Endures: Lessons from the Thessalonian Epistlesâ€. The question we explored was: How are we to care for ourselves so that we are better able to care for others? ~*~*~ In 1 Thessalonians 2:5-8, Paul explains the way...
Look At The Birds
As I write this, it is early morning and the windows are opened. The rain is gently falling and the sweet sound of birds chirping is filling my ears. My soul is reminded to trust God in all things: “Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in...
Looking Back to Look Forward
It's a bad habit, I admit, but I read several books at the same time. Some I read steadily until I finish them, others ... I pick them up and read a few pages at a time. And these are the books which usually amaze me the most as they bring a thought at just the right...