“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 NIV The wind was whipping across the dock, chilling me to the bone. I might have been…
This is the first time I am participating in a Five-Minute Writing Prompt that is featured each week at Lisa-Jo Baker’s blog: “The Gypsy Mom.” Each week Lisa gives a…
We hang the flag out on Memorial Day and decorate the house in patriotic red, white, and blue. The theme remains until Labor Day~or a few days later. One…
There’s nothing like time with your girlfriends to invigorate your life. Even the head of psychiatry at Stanford University a few years ago told students that the…
There’s something about Spring, about seeing the new life bud forth that instills in us a sense of hope.When I walked to my favorite spot in our backyard, I…
Sunrise Across the Arizona Sky “Lord, order my steps today. Make me strong, not for the sake of possessing strength, but to make me sufficient for the crisis moments…
“His word thundering so wondrously, his mighty acts staggering our understanding. He orders the snow, ‘Blanket the earth!’ and the rain, ‘Soak the whole countryside!’ No one can…
Winter’s Deep Freeze Has Left the Branches Bare My hope has been placed in so many things, in so many people. I depended on circumstances, or well-thought-out…