first published on ylcf.org, August 3, 2006 read original comments here “The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!” ~Marianne Dashwood How many of us sighed at that endearingly-rendered line of Kate Winslet’s in the…
Archive | August, 2010
The Foundation of a Happy Marriage
first published on ylcf.org, July 26, 2007 read original comments here Asking for advice, a reader wrote: “It gets a little frustrating sometimes, knowing that he is the man I am supposed to marry, yet we can’t move forward with our lives and get married because we are both still in college.” Or because he…
The Other Answer
first published on ylcf.org, April 15, 2008 read original comments here Sometimes in the very middle of the howling winds of my wants I remember how short a distance I can see and Who knows what truly brings me joy. And so I ask the One who sees to choose my inheritance for me. And…
The Miracle of the Sunrise
first published on ylcf.org, August 18, 2008 read original comments here Today I got up early and sat before my open bedroom window and watched the sun rise up above the hills and trees. Its light was softly glowing long before it actually could be seen, and then, suddenly, it burst forth upon the mountain…
Me, Focused?
first published on ycf.org, February 17, 2006 read original comments here It is 34 degrees today. That in itself is noteworthy, because typical temperatures in this part of Wisconsin for February are more like 15 degrees. But that’s not the real reason that I had to look twice at the thermometer. Unfortunately, I’ve gotten into…
Be Still
first published on ylcf.org, July 7, 2008 read original comments here It had been “one of those” mornings. It was the middle of December–Christmastime. Things were crazy. Everything from the past two months seemed to have hit me that day–my newborn, my husband’s surgery, a trip to Colorado, Christmas preparations, and a deployment date looming…
A Spinster Looks at Proverbs 31 (Part Two of Two)
first published on ylcf.org, April 2, 2008 read original comments here (click here to read part one) She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry; her clothing is fine linen and purple. Sounds like a pretty classy lady…
A Spinster Looks at Proverbs 31 (Part One of Two)
first published on ylcf.org, March 31, 2008 read the original comments here It was lunch break, and I was sitting down for a quick “Bible snack” when my eyes fell on Proverbs 31:26: “The law of kindness is on her tongue.” Though I’ve read it a thousand times, this time it went right to the…
