Basket Case
What might have been…
A mother and her daughter loaded the last of the baskets and boxes into their van. Pulling out of the parking lot, they headed downhill to a red light. The mother listened as a laundry basket tipped and the contents slid out.
“Oh great,” she said. Now what? [...]
Basket Case
July 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Three Things
July 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Three Things
If you are a child of God these three things are wise to consider for your life:
1. Have a mentor. This person will most likely be older than you, but the key is that they are someone you respect, and can learn from. Someone who will lead by example and encourage you to [...]
A Mommy’s Prayer
May 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
(with apologies to Robert Browning)
If I forget (and I can count on that happening daily),
You still remember, God! If these sticky, chapped hands of mine
Stop clinging to you (in my life, I am the clingee with my own clingers), yet Your hands divine
Hold me so firmly that I cannot fall (please tell me I’m [...]
What Kind of a Mom Am I?
May 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
What Kind of a Mom Am I?
“I took some cookies to my daughter’s class. I wanted her to have something extra to put in with her Valentine cards. We were going to make them together last night, but when I made the dough, I didn’t read that the recipe said to chill for [...]
Life – Altaring
February 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Where is your favorite “alone with the Lord” location? Wish-list answers might be “an empty ocean beach”, “perched on a warm rock by a mountain stream”, or “snuggled into a window seat”. Maybe your reality is “a kitchen table at 4 a.m.”, or “I’m a mom—what’s ‘alone’ again?”
Did anyone pick this place—a spot outdoors…smelly, noisy [...]
The Curse of the Purse
June 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Purses in my life represent a timeline of sorts. I first started using one in Gr. 6. I was euphoric when I was allowed to take one to school twice a week. I stashed it with important things like tissues, a mirror, and my secret decoder ring.
In high-school, every girl had a purse, whether she [...]
For those who Hurt #2
March 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Text: Psalm 37:1-9 “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. [...]
Are You Keeping in Your Keep?
February 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment
What? Keeping in my keep? I don’t even know if I have one! You do. The Bible talks about it in Psalm 18:2…
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
That [...]
Excuse Me, But You Have Something Green On Your Thumb
February 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment
She stood there, gripping the chain saw as it rumbled eagerly in the early morning fog. The fingers of her other hand curled around a pitchfork handle. The plants watched…..waited, quaking in their roots.
OK. So it wouldn’t make the top ten reading list. Still, my plants would probably concur that this “slash and bag” method [...]
For Those Who Hurt #1
February 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment
For Those Who Hurt
Message One
By Dr. Terry L. Coomer
Text: Psalm 37:1-8 “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in [...]