His Timing I struggle with being impatient. I tend to believe that now is better than later. Why wait for a package to come in the mail for four days when you can have a Prime Membership and get it the next day. In life there is much beyond our ability to control. We may… Read More »

Valentine’s Day 1950 (A Girl Named Gretchen) Second grade moved into the year of 1950. I had adjusted well and had lots of friends, so I thought. In preparation for valentine’s day, we decorated boxes with red and white crepe paper, hearts, ribbons, and bows. On the big day we set our boxes on our… Read More »

It’s Only Temporary I remember when I was in grade school. It would be Saturday morning and I would look outside and see a fresh snowfall that fell overnight, the type of snow that was perfect for making snowmen. All the neighborhood kids would get together and we would make a giant snowman. We would… Read More »

I Know Who I Am Believe me when I say, “I know who I am.” I am a child of God. I belong to Him. Believe me when I say, “I know who Jesus is.” Jesus is my King. My allegiance belongs to Him. When He leads me to the broken, I will follow. When… Read More »

Is God Lost Growing up phones were either on the wall or the counter. They never got lost because they were attached by a cord. Now I “lose” my phone almost daily. I look here and there trying to remember where I last used it. Finally, out of desperation I call out to Monika. Honey,… Read More »

Stay Awhile Relish the present. Treat it kindly. It is with us only once. Ponder, absorb, linger, savor. Stay Awhile. Ponder what is precious and present. Absorb what is amazing and authentic. Linger on the lovely and the lofty. Savor the sensuous and the simple. Reflect, taste, seize, abide. Reflect on thoughts that make you… Read More »

Gratitude I have been reading through the bible alongside a YouTube video. We are currently in Numbers. WHEW! I don’t pretend to understand even half of what I’m reading. But I press on trusting the Lord that He will show me nuggets of truth He has to teach me. I can see that God is… Read More »

It’s Only a Rock I have taken up the hobby of finding interesting rocks and polishing them. Before I started this hobby, I never knew there were so many varieties of rocks. They differ in color, how they were formed, what they were formed from, hardness, etc. Some are beautiful, some are ugly on the… Read More »

Don’t Feed the Bears When I was in grade school, my parents took me along with them on a vacation to Yellowstone National Park. There was no air conditioning in the car, so I remember it being a long, hot ride in the middle of summer. Yellowstone was spectacular. I had never seen mountains before,… Read More »

God Help Me Just three words but I have used those three words many times in my life. I usually use them when I feel desperate. Those three words were my last hope. We needed to find a place to meet as a church because where we were meeting would no longer work. Next Sunday… Read More »