I’m “loving” my own Bible this week. In Chattanooga at Precept Ministries International. In one week we are doing a seven week study of 1 Timothy. Each morning we have a 75 minute group discussion followed by lectures. Some days we watched a pre-recorded lecture. Today we had Kay Arthur live followed by David Arthur…
I was working out the other day. I was working out with a trainer who knows much more about exercise than I do. Why? Because she has experience, strength, and hope. She’s teaching me a program of weight training. She shows me the way to get stronger. One day at a time. Step by step.…
I shared with a group about how our Life Group was helping a family whose husband/daddy is deployed. I took a signup sheet to class Sunday hoping we could get help mowing the lawn for them. I was hoping at least some of the weeks from July through September would be taken by volunteers. Ron…
Grief / Helping the Grieving / Love / Prayer
I was thinking about this today. Thinking about my post from last week on Photos. Watching video of Andrew is painful this month. I’ve had months and months and months when I loved watching him dance. I loved laughing at his antics. I’ve had days when I craved seeing a video and spent hours looking…
A friend who grew up in the north posted this picture and asked what this horrible creature is and how could she kill it! Many answered that it is a cicada. Or its exoskeleton. They shed like snakes. I commented, “You don’t need to kill it. It’s already dead.” Another gal commented, “Well, not dead.…
I’ve started loving Bibles to give away. Some folks you could love a Bible for: A woman who chose life A women recovering from abortion A guy in recovery A parent grieving the loss of a child A family member who doesn’t yet know the Lord A veteran struggling with memories A single friend A…
Three years ago, I decided to stop letting the 12th be a terrible day. I would no longer see it only as the day The Accident happened or the last day he was alive. (Due to the remote location and late hour, they were declared dead on August 13.) I would “Rejoice always, pray without…
This weekend a private message about not accepting private messages or friend requests from Jaydon Smith was going around Facebook. Why would I accept a friend request from that man? I don’t know him! But thanks for the warning. The warning was nonsense. It’s an old spam thing. None of my friends who shared it…
Yes, I know. This is not a topic you expect to see in a blog that started because of grief. But here it is. And if you read the whole article you’ll see why. Sex. I said it. I’ll say it again a few more times in this article. “Sex” is not a dirty word. It…
The first weeks I sat and looked at pictures and cried. It was good for me. Then I got to the point where his pictures made me smile and even laugh. Over time the pictures didn’t seem to affect me much. They just were. The past couple of weeks I can’t stand to see his…
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Yesterday I shared things that make me unique. Unusual things I’ve done in my life. I really have a wonderful life. But it’s not all been peaches and cream. Here is list of things I’ve also dealt with in my life. Unfortunately, they are not unusual; many people deal with similar issues every day. Growing…
A lovely young woman wrote on her Facebook page this morning and got me thinking. She’s hung out with my kids since middle school and is now a college graduate. And an amazing woman. She asked the question: What is something you have done that is so unusual that you are certain you are the…
Can you guess who wrote this? Can you guess when it was written? I hope you don’t think I am being arrogant or overly harsh on cultural Christians. Look at the facts. Do cultural Christians view Christian faith as important enough to make it a priority when teaching teaching their children what they believe and…
From about two and half years after The Accident. — In the past thirty-one months I’ve heard many parents who’ve lost a child say things like: We will never be happy again. None of us can ever get past it. We all know how you feel. We have all felt the same way. We all…
