After bearing the weight of seven children, my mother’s legs and feet were laced with purple varicose veins. I remember as a child admiring my mom’s legs and thinking they were pretty and this was not by recognizing the symbolism in those veins that bore the sacrifice of my life. They were the legs of …
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Gone Fishing
It’s amazing how a story I have read straight from the Bible a good 50 times all of a sudden generates a new perspective. What other book can do that?! Though I have this happen frequently, the story of most recent inspiration is from Luke 5:1-11. I bet as I start sharing the story, many …
God and Coffee
I have always left the act of giving up something for Lent to the Catholics. Originally the thought never crossed my mind because I’m not Catholic. And then there were a few years where I thought the idea was kind of nice, but we would be halfway through the Lenten season or I just couldn’t …
Cleaning House!
No one probably expected much from Josiah. His grandfather had lead a great massacre of innocent blood and his father was murdered by his own trusted officials. At the tender age of eight, when boys in our time are still stumbling in their reading and have not yet conquered long division, Josiah was made king …
Joseph’s Staff
I caused myself a lot of anxiety this Christmas. And a large part of that anxiety lead to blog-freeze (a new term I just created to describe my brain’s inability to form a coherent blog entry). The other responsible party for the blog-freeze would be Julia, the Twenty Minute Napper. I have always been pretty …
Today is a Great Day!
Today has been a great day! And it may seem hasty on my part to deem today a great day when it is only 1 o’clock in the afternoon and there are still a host of events that could take place that could turn it sour, but I am telling you it is a great …
God’s Go-to Girl
It’s 8:30am and the only sound in the house is the clickety-clack of the keyboard and the hum of the dishwasher. Normally my home does not achieve this level of quiet between the hours of 6:30 am to 8:30pm and even then there is an uncertainty in the air that communicates at any point some …
Abort Mission!
Yesterday I posted a blog about committing to the act of love even when we don’t feel like loving someone. Today I thought I would share with you my first attempt to do that. As a stay-at-home mother, I often do a lot of staying at home, which tends to limit my contact to the …
Fighting Nature
I have several drawers, cupboards, closets, and possibly a room or two, that pose a reasonable threat to anyone that dares venture into them without being acquainted with the proper procedure of opening doors that have been used to actually restrain contents. Let me give you a visual. I have a broom handle that frequently …
Take Courage
A blinking cursor can be a very discouraging thing. Especially when you have been staring at it for two weeks. Blink. Blink. Waiting for the words to come. Blink. Blink. Blink. You become entranced with the blinking. It drains any valuable thought. Minutes pass. Blink. Type, type. Delete, delete, delete. Blink. Sigh. And then someone …