“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”Leo Buscaglia I sometimes reminisce about my memorable days as a home health nurse in rural East Texas. The […]
To Tim, my son: You are my firstborn, and you are my heart. You changed my life even before you were born. And before I ever saw you, God was already working out His perfect plan for you ~ my heavenly gift, my son~ my heart. When you were born, I loved you more than […]
“In order to be successful, make living your life with absolute integrity and kindness your first priority in life.” Richard Carlson, Ph.D. There’s a serious lack of personal integrity in our culture today. Judging by what we see in America, we are suffering from a serious lack of this important character quality! While there are […]
“Joy to the world, the Lord is come Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven, And nature sing!” This jubilant hymn was written in 1719 by the prolific and gifted Isaac Watts ~ minister, son of a […]
Good morning, friends! This is a wonderful old song, very dear to my heart. I share it today, simply because I needed to hear it again! I pray that it will bless your life, as it has mine. Jesus said, “I am the Light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but […]
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I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from when cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. Psalm 121. Good morning, God! You are my everlasting Father and I your beloved daughter. You’ve given me another day to rejoice in Your love and glorify Your Name by […]
“Writing is hard. Not as hard as not writing. A writer who writes, knows peace, lives connected to truth.” C.J.Ginger For several months I’ve suffered from a form of “writer’s block.” Disconnected. Unable to express the truths God has shared with me, stifled by my lack of confidence… But the truth is, I guess […]
“Lord, You knit me together in my mother’s womb; Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.” Psalm 139:13, 16 As Christians, we know with certainty that nothing in our lives happens by chance; God’s plan for us was set […]
“Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.” Victor Hugo Romans 15:13. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit […]
I am America. I am blueberry muffins and eggs-over-easy in silverfoil diners with blue neon signs and newspapers out front, where the regulars come to fill up on warmth and the everpresent feeling of family, I am picnic baskets made of straw, and tall grass with milkweed, worn blankets to sit on, and […]