His coming is as brilliant as the sunrise. Rays of light flash from his hands, where his awesome power is hidden. ~Habakkuk 3:4 (NLT) In the stillness, Sandy with Barbie and Lisha #GiveMeGrace
Still Saturday: Waiting
Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one’s thoughts. ~ Elisabeth Elliot Short and simple words posted on Facebook by my dear friend, Tami Heim, this week, and I haven’t been able to get them […]
We Love So They Love
After Chilanchi and her “sisters” finished their rice and beans, I helped her lug a heavy pail of water down the hill, my right hand and her left grasping the handle. She sidestepped so she could throw her right arm in front of me in case I lost my footing. Later that night she fell […]
Are You Growing Up or Becoming Old?
Whoever decided small critters were good for older people? When I bent down to pick up the littlest dog during the morning rush, something in my left lower back went awry. After I’d deposited the oldest grand-girl at the school curb and returned home, I cranked the shower up hotter than hot and let the […]
Still Saturday: How to be Unruffled
Even were I never to speak to you, you would be well rewarded for setting apart this time, if you only sat still and longed for Me, if you just drew hungering breaths for Me, as you do for the fresh pure air of the open. Be still, be calm. Wait before Me. Learn […]
Word of the Week: Books – Part 2
Yesterday I told you about three out of ten books that have impacted me. Here I tell you about two more. 4. As Silver Refined by Kay Arthur. I’d heard Kay speak about the principles in this book, but I’m really glad she laid them out in black and white. “Our enemy has at least […]
Word of the Week: Books – Part 1
book – noun \ˈbu̇k\ : a set of printed sheets of paper that are held together inside a cover : a long written work : a long written work that can be read on a computer : a set of sheets of paper that are inside a cover and that you can write information […]
Scripture Sunday: Everlasting Love
The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. ~Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV) In the stillness, Sandy with Barbie and Lisha #GiveMeGrace
Still Saturday: Today
TODAY Today I’m flying low and I’m not saying a word. I’m letting all the voodoos of ambition sleep. The world goes on as it must, the bees in the garden rumbling a little, the fish leaping, the gnats getting eaten. And so forth. But I’m taking the day off. Quiet […]
Word of the Week: Feelings
feeling – noun \ˈfē-liŋ\ : an awareness by your body of something in it or on it : an emotional state or reaction : susceptibility to impression I haven’t been feeling very Christian. It’s not even my battle, but I’ve been caught in the crossfire. Now that it’s finally over, I want to write […]
