Okay. I’ll admit it.
I wrote about this topic back in February when Dear Hubby sent me two-dozen roses for Valentine’s Day. My entry today is recycled from what I wrote then.
I write about it now only because an incident last night reminded me of February’s lesson.
Dear Daughter, who came home for only a short [...]
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Looking Beneath the Petals
Posted in hope, inner beauty, value, worth, dignity, tagged beneath the surface, first impressions, inner beauty, value, worth on August 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Growth
Posted in growth, hope, pain & suffering, peace, refuge in God, trust, women's ministry, tagged hope, suffering on August 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I wrote in yesterday’s entry how some things never die, how old heartaches can take us by surprise and leave us feeling things we haven’t felt, perhaps, in decades.
They can make us feel like we’re walking old paths we thought we’d left behind. The paths may, indeed, be behind us, but their ramifications are not.
Despite [...]
The Gift of Darkness
Posted in hope, pain & suffering, peace on July 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
One of the things I love about summer in Pennsylvania is the influx of fireflies we experience each July.
Fireflies, for those of you deprived of these critters, are little flying glow bugs.
Or if you’re more technically minded, they’re “winged nocturnal light-producing insect[s] usually producing a bright soft intermittent light without sensible heat by oxidation of [...]
Cracked Pots
Posted in encouragement, growth, hope, inner life, peace, purpose, refuge in God on July 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not sure why, but I’ve been feeling fragile lately. Emotionally, psychologically, mentally, spiritually, physically — you name it — I’ve been living with this egg-shell sensation of if I get bumped, I just might crack.
God is the potter, I know, and I’m his vessel. And I’m content to be a vessel for common [...]
The Lifeline of God’s Presence
Posted in attitude, growth, hope, humility, inner life, refuge in God, trust on July 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If you’ve read my other blogs, you undoubtedly know we own four Labrador retrievers, the gentlest of which is probably Elsie, our 2.5-year-old yellow female.
Elsie loves to be touched. She needs the assurance of our presence. She relishes the warmth of our nearness. She thrives in a life filled with connection with those who love [...]
Glimmers of Grace
Posted in attitude, encouragement, growth, hope, inner beauty, inner life, peace, priorities, refuge in God, trust, wonder on June 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s been a rough week somewhere (adapting Alan Jackson’s It’s Five O’clock Somewhere).
It’s been a rough week here, too. For me, on one level, yes, but not nearly as much as it has been for people I love and care about. For some, it’s been the heartbreak of managing difficult life adjustments (kids graduating, for [...]
