Pleased to Leave

Winter grabbed his coat and said “wish me well” as I must leave. Spring happily chimed “I shall not grieve, for I am pleased” Hibernating bulbs are bursting to be seen. As bluebirds gather on high wires to preen. Winter was in the rear view mirror, Giving way to the sun’s quiver of rays. The…

A Delightful Surprise

via Photo With inquisitive mind, I hike a short wind, to find… Clouds scattered across the idyllic blue A sweet whisper “this is for you” Mountains looming with birds swooning My soul in a state of delightful surprise So gentle is this day… the paved road swirls ahead My heart content, no fears, no tears…no…

A Palm Sunday Struggle

On Palm Sunday I got a new pair of lenses that allowed me a glimpse of God.  Can I respond to God with a yes, YES Lord, use me today? “Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt,…

Three Sheets to the Wind

Walking in a blustering wind, it was all I could do to simply roll with the ferocious breeze like a pair of die. I felt like three sheets to the wind, without a drop of whiskey! With a flimsy scarf to keep the grit from scrambling down my throat, I longed for a sturdy bandanna,…

Healed from Hurt

In March 2017 I enjoyed a cruise on the Caribbean with 800 Christians who love Sandi Patty. With morning and evening worship daily for seven days, I disembarked feeling inadequate, and maybe off God’s plan for my life.  Was it simply that the first year anniversary of my son’s shocking death kept me uber sensitive,…

Fledgling Pledges

“Shoulding” on each other is the quickest way to lose friends!  The radio DJ, the anchor, the news columnist, all those people get paid to write opinions, to speak ‘their’ beliefs, and to report pure facts. They are not my friends, and they do not speak for me.  These days I must wisely just listen…

GIVE THANKS

Driving through life with a song in my heart, a skip in my step, a reason to smile wide and a good word for those who cross my path. “Yet I will show you a more excellent way” A wise daily practice is to praise God for at least 5 things each morning. Thank you…

Gentry Exposed

Being good isn’t always easy, No matter how hard I try. When he started sweet-talkin’ to me, He’d come and tell me everything is all right… The only one who could ever reach me, He was the sweet-talking son of a preacher man…. Billy-Ray was a preacher’s son And when his daddy would visit he’d come along When they…

NO SECRETS

Human growth occurs most favorably in meetings when individuals reveal their struggles transparently.  Authentic open, honest and sincere communication requires “nothing held back —good or bad, we share the raw, undiluted truth of how we are feeling, of what we are going through. Honesty is a prerequisite to successful healing relationships. Love is what heals,…