Romans Study on Our Porch
We are studying Romans chapters 6-8. This is a coed group of adults. All over age 45. You might not know that by last night’s discussion. Normally we have great discussions. Everyone does their homework and we all participate in discussion. Ron Duncan is a great leader: he asks open-ended questions, uses the leaders guide, doesn’t teach, etc. Last night we had Bible study on our porch. Discussion was a bit different than usual. Here is how the first twenty minutes went: Ron: let’s get started. Read more [...]Share on social media:
Grieve Any Way You Want…
A year or so ago I went to visit a friend who had just lost her son. I felt like I was to share two things with her. One was private, just for her ears. The other was “We all grieve differently. You can grieve any way you want so long as you don’t sin.” I saw her a few months later. She told me - with a grin - that I’d ruined grief for her. Everything she wanted to do was sin - yell at her husband, throw things, isolate, stop caring for her other children. We both laughed. I completely understood. Then Read more [...]Share on social media:
I’m Done
Looking back over my writings the first year after The Accident. I was able to turn towards God and His truth even as I walked through loss. I’m walking through a different kind of loss now. A different kind of trial. This is hard. I can’t. I can’t turn towards God and truth. I can’t write about hope. I have nothing left. No faith. No joy. Just exhaustion. Most nights when I’m here - in a hotel room far from home, fighting for one who cannot fight for herself - by the time I get to my Read more [...]Share on social media:
Proof of Love
“Proof of love for Christ is simply removed all together from the realm of the feelings and place in the realm of practical obedience.”
A. W. Tozer
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Disappointment
I had surgery Wednesday to remove a benign mass in my right submandibular salivary gland. When I awoke in recovery I was disappointed. For a moment I was disappointed that I did not wake up in heaven. This world is not my home. My citizenship is in heaven and I eagerly await our Savior’s return. Until then, I have work to do here on earth, good work that God prepared in advance for me to do. Yes, I was momentarily disappointed. Then I was reminded that God is my creator. He is the potter and Read more [...]Share on social media:
God did not “need” my son in Heaven more…
I wrote this one year after The Accident. It's been shared hundreds of times. I pray it helps someone today. God’s ways are not our ways. His thoughts are not our thoughts. The secret things belong to God. We will not understand all that He does on earth; however, I know He is loving, compassionate, just, wise, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love, and full of mercy. He uses junk to make beautiful things. He can and will use The Accident for our good and His glory. He promises in His Word Read more [...]Share on social media:
Spring Reading
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 info for the fall conference) and eight days at a study program where I spent time with men and women from around the country. (The summer study program will be Mark.) I attended my youngest daughter's Read more [...]Share on social media:
My Winter Reading List
Reading is one of my favorite pastimes. I enjoy long books, short books, novels, biographies, historical fiction, fantasy, nonfiction, and collections of folktales and short stories. I love to sit by the fire on cold days curled up with a good book. Here is the list of books I read this winter along with my thoughts about each one. Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff Written after the death of his son, this is a journal of the raw and transparent thoughts and laments of a grieving father. Read more [...]Share on social media:
