At times it is uncanny how much I feel like I’m looking in the mirror when I look at my little daughter. Though she has so many of her daddy’s features, she looks so very much like my baby pictures, I often take a second glance: isn’t that me I’m looking at? But more and…
Archive | June, 2009
To Begin Again
by Alice W. The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. -Lamentations 3:22, 23 Every day is a new day. Each sunrise is a fresh start and a renewed opportunity to begin again. It is a time to learn from the mistakes of…
As Happy as We
originally written January 2007 Last Saturday, I watched as my cousin Brian slipped a ring on his new bride’s finger. The pictures in their slide show coordinated perfectly with the lyrics of the new Country song by Heartland, “I Loved Her First.” And as the vocalists sang Newsong’s “When God Made You,” we all rejoiced…
Top of the List
At the top of my to-do list, as I’m racing through life: LOOK UP Along with a lightning-fast pain reflex designed to move me away from danger, I’m convinced that God has given me a worry reflex designed to rivet my attention on Him. A.W. Tozer says, “Faith is the gaze of a soul upon…
God Washed My World Last Night
I saw God wash the world last night with His sweet showers on high, and then, when morning came, I saw Him hang it out to dry. He washed each tiny blade of grass and every trembling tree; He flung His showers against the hill, and swept the billowing sea. The white rose is a…
