Middle of the night. Night time. Dark time. Hardest of hard times in grief. So many dark thoughts. So many memories. So many unfulfilled dreams. So much pain. So much loneliness. Nighy time. Dark time. No one there to listen to my cries. No one there to sooth my hurts. No one there to hold…
My parents weren’t perfect. Far from it. They made many mistakes. They did the best they could with the tools they had. I chose to forgive their failings, and my life is better because I chose forgiveness and grace rather than resentment and bitterness. I pray my children will do the same for me and…
I did quite a bit of traveling this spring. After being in Oklahoma for our son’s wedding, I hit the road. I was away from home April 11 through May 10. I was able to visit friends in Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis, near Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa. I spent a weekend at a women’s conference (check out…
I wrote this fours years ago. It’s still true. And I need to remind myself of this truth: We can change the way we think. We take tiny steps in the right direction. Then we rest and remind ourselves truth and that we are going the right way. We cry out for help, take another…
Cult by J. l. Pond Rudy is a senior in high school. Though he attends a Christian school and grew up in a Christian home, he struggles with habitual sin and hard questions about God. He can’t talk to his parents about his doubts, and, until a new girl comes to school, he thinks no…
I received a free copy of Before I Saw You from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Honestly…I loved this book! It arrived last week, a week full of struggles for me. I won’t go into detail, but this book spoke volumes to me. The way Sudie loves God and trusts His Word…
I am reading a book by Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King, Jr. This passage struck me today: During the twentieth century the door was opened to invade the wombs of mothers, the stability of the family, the sanctity of marriage, and the sacredness of the human personality. In the name of civil rights,…
Today is my husband’s birthday! Read not only how we met but Twelve Things About Ron I’m Grateful for on the 12th.
“One of the greatest proofs that you are drawing on the grace of God is that you can be totally humiliated before others without displaying even the slightest trace of anything but His grace.” ~ Oswald Chambers
Mid-October 1987 Ron Duncan told me I was pregnant. I was sure he was wrong. So sure that I refused to take time to go get tested. (No, I hadn’t learned true submission yet. Plus I had accounting tests to study for!) Ron was so sure I was pregnant that he told me to pee…
“Many people use the word grace to describe the beautiful appreciation we express to God at mealtime. How often have we said to our families around the dinner table, “Let’s say grace”? Yet how often have we failed to consider what saying grace means? Such a prayer should always be an acknowledgment that it is…
I have been in Chattanooga the past couple of weeks studying 1 Peter. The book is all about suffering for “doing what is right.” I had a chance to see my ugly heart last night. I don’t like suffering – read this as “I don’t like being inconvenienced in any way.” #firstworldproblems. A new family…
Ouch!
I wrote this a few years ago. It is still true. When others hurt, I am not to compare levels of pain. I am to love others and comfort them with the same comfort I received for God. via Do they know what grief is?
Random thoughts for today as I am studying suffering in 1 Peter. In the short term, the death of our child outweighs everything else in our lives to the point we just don’t care about anything. I did not eat for days. I didn’t care about doing things like getting dressed, cleaning anything, or talking…
