As I continue my atypical recovery from lumbar back surgery, one aspect of my life that I miss is cleaning my house. The surgeon advised me earlier this month that it would be probably closer to May (six more months!) before I regain full use of my left leg. I am still using a walker... Continue Reading →
Hosea 11:4 I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them. Being a member of the oldest generation of my family and the family matriarch or patriarch can mean that everyone... Continue Reading →
Matthew 22:36-40 Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on... Continue Reading →
Psalm 116: 12-14 (The Message) What can I give back to God for the blessings he’s poured out on me?I’ll lift high the cup of salvation—a toast to God! I’ll pray in the name of God; I’ll complete what I promised God I’d do, and I’ll do it together with his people. Since last March, so many of us have... Continue Reading →
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month! How I wish we didn't need this special time of remembrance and revelation, but we must continue to remind people of the devastation that domestic violence brings into the lives of its victims, a form of Hell that destroys and kills. I wrote this poem in honor of... Continue Reading →
What is the best pick me up that you know of? To shake you out of the blues? Music with a great beat, songs that make my feet hanker to move. I love to put on some gospel or jazz, or even some Santana, and get up and dance my blues away. I find that... Continue Reading →
Douglas and I drove to my hometown today to visit my best friend in the hospital. I had not seen her for months, when I got a call from her on Wednesday that she had been in intensive care. I felt so bad that I had not called her in nearly three weeks, especially as... Continue Reading →
I looked out the window and saw a robin, and I said aloud, "Hello, fellow earth dweller. Don't you look beautiful with that red breast!" I thought about how gorgeous God made every creation. Then, it hit me: Human beings are beautiful as well. Then, as I walked with Douglas as he played disc golf,... Continue Reading →
I have spent the morning reading the blogging posts of women. It hit me that at this moment in time when the news is full of #MeToo and women's marches, that I have been amazed to read so many blogs of women encouraging other women (and men who read them) with their stories of God's... Continue Reading →
To be known by the people who profess to love us creates a sense of peace and belonging that satisfies our hungry and thirsty souls. That is the theme of the second psalm in the Psalm Wednesday series: Psalm 139. In this psalm, David demonstrates his adoration and admiration for his God, the One who... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 