When you teach a course at the local college and take one class toward a Master's degree, there is very little time for cleaning the house. I have learned to live by the phrase printed on a pillow a pastor friend gave me years ago, "I cleaned my house last week, sorry you missed it!"... Continue Reading →
Locked down and alone. Busyness ground to a halt. Time for reflection! Written for Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille from Mindlovemisery's Menagerie: lock down.
Arlene felt the cold, even with the cloths stuffed in all of the small holes in the walls of the shack. She had come to this place situated so far away precisely because she did not want to interact with anyone else. She looked out of the window at the beautiful sunrise, and she thought... Continue Reading →
Some problems can seem so huge that we question even God's ability to help. An immense feeling of hopelessness draws us into a darkness so vast that we sometimes cannot see any light at all. I have been there with my heart fluttering from fear and wondered if anything would ever change or if I... Continue Reading →
There were times in the past when life seemed pointless. It was in those times of tremendous pain and grief that I learned how to hold on, sometimes by the thinnest thread, to life. I believe that looking back sometimes helps us appreciate just how fierce we really are. I have been thinking about the... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 