Tag: Hope
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Don’t Give Up
A couple of years ago I wrote a post titled “What I Write About.” My impetus for this blog was the loss of my younger daughter Rachel in April of 2017. My initial writing was mostly just pouring out the emotions that were going to break me as a person if I didn’t find some…
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Bless You
The morning devotion I read a few days ago talked about how we should strive to be a blessing to our neighborhood, our town, and to the people who live around us. Even if we know that we are not going to put down long-term roots where we currently live, we should be good citizens…
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What’s So Happy About It?
A lot of people wake up on January 1st looking forward to the new year. It’s a new beginning – a time to start fresh. To put last year’s mistakes and worries behind you and start over. Just like that new calendar you hang in your kitchen or office, you’ve got 365 blank squares to…
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God Be With You
According to English language experts, the word “goodbye” is a contraction or diminutive of the phrase “God be with you.” Every summer as a child I attended a week-long family reunion/camp meeting. It was one of the highlights of my summer vacation and I still try to time my annual trip to west Tennessee to…
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Help
The Our Daily Bread devotional for this past Tuesday was called “Asking for God’s Help.” The author talked about how when she was young, she felt like she shouldn’t ask for God’s help for small things. It felt petty and selfish. There were lots of people with big problems that needed God’s attention. I have…
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Sting
1 Corinthians 15:55 says: O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? We as Christ believers carry eternity in our souls. We know there is victory in Jesus. Our reward is not in this world; it’s in Heaven. What glorious knowledge to carry in our hearts and minds that we have…
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Celebrate
I’ve written before about “grief seasons.” Bereaved parents often experience a period each year where their grief is especially strong because of recurring triggers within that timeframe. Most of these triggers are self-evident: your child’s birthday, death date, holidays, etc. Grief seasons aren’t limited to child loss, of course. There are similar triggers associated with…
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Trouble
In the Our Daily Bread devotional for October 7th, Arthur Jackson talks about something Oswald Chambers wrote at the beginning of WWI. He references John 16:33 where Jesus warns his disciples of the “inevitability of peril.” Bad things will happen. Christ was specifically warning them about his upcoming arrest and crucifixion as well as the…
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Well Done
A sweet friend lost her brother unexpectedly last week. I attended his funeral yesterday. It’s been 8 ½ years since my younger daughter died, and I have attended at least five funerals in that interim. My heart still mourns for all the lost loved ones, but I’m mostly past being emotionally triggered at memorial services.…
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Good People
Every week when I sit down to write my blog post, I start with a prayer. Specifically, Psalm 19:14: May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. I love to write. Putting words on paper helps me untangle my…
A Light for My Path 