encouragement

Where is your comfort when pain abounds...

“Comfort in the Cross” A Guest Blog by Sarah Walton I came across this article this morning, through a link in my inbox. The publish date caught my attention–one week before our grandchildren’s ATV accident. THE day when our beautiful granddaughter was suddenly taken to Heaven, our hearts were broken, and our family and our […]

Romans 9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Two years after the accident questions still come. Romans 8:28 still seems like a bitter pill to swallow. All things work for together for good for […]

If God's in His Heaven, What's Wrong with the World?

“God’s in His Heaven, All’s right with the world.” All’s right with the world. Really? Hmmm. That’s not what I was thinking! These familiar lines popped into my head as I was having coffee and my quiet time on the deck this morning. They are taken from a poem that was written by Robert Browning in […]

Red Sun in the Morning

From my journal, 6/6/23, 8 AM Today the sun is veiled with smoke and particulate matter that has migrated into my neighborhood from the Canadian wildfires up north. (That’s the meteorological explanation, courtesy of my weather app. ) My husband called me from the porch a short time ago, “Come outside, you’ve got to see […]

I’ve been thinking … (Reflections from my heart) Do you remember the comforting sights, sounds and smells of home when you were growing up? I’m recalling kitchen sounds: dishes rattling, silverware jingling, dishwasher humming, a pot bubbling, and sometimes even vegetables burning. Coming home from school sounds: back door closing, “Ma, I’m home” announcing, footsteps […]