Yesterday it was 37 years since my first husband was killed in an accident. He died when the car he was working on fell on top of him and crushed him. My two young daughters came home from school and found him there. Needless to say, it was quite a traumatic experience for them. All […]
A son honors his father, And a servant his master.If then I am the Father, Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence?Says the Lord of hostsTo you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’
My small group at church is reading the Gospel of Luke this month. Taking it slow, not rushing through but looking carefully at the stories Luke tells. One thing I noticed as I read is how often Jesus took some quiet time away from the crowd. Three different times in the early chapters Luke tells […]
Well I appear to be on a row. Love sharing quotes I see and hear and Friday seems to be the day to do that. Hope you laugh or have a moment to reflect on a statement. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none. Swallowing of pride seldom leads to indigestion. […]
It has happened! Today I am “officially” old! Today I am 70 years old. How did that happen? How did I become my mother? Where did that thick head of red hair go? What is that sagging thing under my chin? That can’t be bags under my eyes? Many of my friends have become very […]
Many American children are looking forward to the arrival of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, bearing presents for good little boys and girls. But most of those celebrating don’t know that there is a real man behind the story of Santa Claus, and that real man was a Christian persecuted because of his faith and […]
What a beautiful picture we have of that first Christmas! Mary and Joseph, dressed in plain, but neat, clothes. The baby is wrapped in a clean blanket and the shepherds and Wise Men all stand or sit on the clean straw. And one of our most beloved Christmas carols make it all sound so peaceful and […]
Probably no country in the world has been more adamant about the rights of its citizens and the role of government in maintaining those rights. When the U.S. Constitution was written, three delegates to the Constitutional Convention did not sign it because it lacked a bill of rights. Created in 1787 the Constitution became the […]
I have been hugged by many people for many different reasons but today’s hug was a first! This coming Sunday I will be playing for the worship service at a local church whose organist is out of town for a wedding. Since this church has a much more formal format of worship than my own […]
Happy birthday to my son. So thankful to be able to call him that. I shared our story almost four years ago – but today is his birthday and I want to share it again giving thanks for this terrific man and that I can call him “son.” Grandma’s Ramblings He was 15 when he […]
More wisdom from my daily devotion book. Salvation is not a self-help program. What you worship is what you become We are often so caught up in our activities that we tend to worship our work, work at our play, and play at our worship. Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a […]
A few days before Thanksgiving I posted a blog from last year where I encouraged us to give thanks even in the midst of the chaos of 2020. Can We Give Thanks in 2020…..2021? Shortly after posting that blog my youngest daughter called to tell me she had some bad news. Our granddaughter had been […]
It’s that time again! Off our children and grandchildren go to school. School used to be a pretty safe place to be. In my generation many of us walked to school and back and no one worried about us being harmed in our walk. School was one of the safest places children could be. Sadly, […]
Saying the Lord’s Prayer once again Beginning my devotions for this third week of Advent, I read once again the Lord’s Prayer. Growing up in a Christian home I cannot began to count how many times I have heard this prayer, how many times I have recited it. But today I wondered how much I […]
