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I saw this image on a friend-of-a-friend’s post. And much like the feeling I get when I eat a donut, it didn’t sit well with me. The reality is, my job as a mother isn’t to teach my children not to NEED me any more. My job is to teach my children not to BE… Continue reading It’s Good to be Needed

We’ve all seen it. Businesses shuttered, never to reopen.Restaurants darkened, never to have the lights turned back on.Entertainment venues empty, never to be filled. Doors of opportunity, once open and welcome to all, now forever closed.The noise of commerce, community, and communion once loud and clear, now silenced.Each one of these representing a dream, a… Continue reading Slamming Doors and Deafening Silence

“He really loves you, you know.” I had bumped into a friend in the hallway at church after Bible study.  She is attending a seminar class in the evenings with my husband, and made this off-handed comment as we were swapping “Matt stories.” “He really loves you, you know.” It made me catch my breath. … Continue reading He Loves Me

Today was my final Bible study session on the life of Paul.  Ephesians 2:8-10 was the text for the video session.  I heard  something I had never heard before – or perhaps had heard and forgotten. Eph. 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we… Continue reading My Father’s Opus

Isaiah 44:3  For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. 4  They shall spring up among the grass like willows by flowing streams. What a refreshing promise for us during this time of drought! … Continue reading Ending the Drought

I was reading in Isaiah 37-38 today and two events really struck me: Isaiah 37:14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord… and Isaiah 38:1 In those days Hezekiah became… Continue reading Gut Reaction

Today is a very special day for children all over the area.  For many of them, it is the day they will return to school for another year of learning, mental stimulation, and social development.  For others, it represents those first steps into the world of academia, the beginning of their educational journey.  For some,… Continue reading Back to School!

Are You there, God?  It’s me…no, not Margaret.  It’s not *that* kind of post.  And anyway, that book’s already been written. I ask that because…well…sometimes it seems as though You’re not.  When Matt had cancer, I almost felt Your arms carrying me through the difficult days.  There were times I could tangibly sense Your presence… Continue reading The Silence of God

God meets me in the strangest places these days.  I’ve already shared how God met me in Target and while visiting The Big Guy.  This morning, He met me in my kitchen, over a plate of Eggo mini-pancakes, Zippy Zoo vitamins, and a plastic Ikea cup of orange juice. He met me in the tear-filled… Continue reading Undeserving