Mary, Did You Know?
She’s the First Lady of the Faith — Mary, the Mother of Jesus. She was always found faithful. And what faith she had! She was the first to believe in Jesus as her Savior and Lord — while she carried Him in her womb. In 1984 Mark Lowery wrote the lyrics to, “Mary Did You…
Good Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Four years ago, I came home to Tulsa after spending a beautiful Thanksgiving week in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with my son and his family after a whirlwind previous couple of weeks of decisions to be made, funeral preparations, and all the “to do’s” after my Honey graduated to heaven. Cabo was just what I…
DO NOT Be Afraid
Pre-electricity era – can you imagine the terror the shepherds experienced when the dark skies became brilliant when the angel appeared to them? But the angel gave them solace when he said, “Do not be afraid. I bring you GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY that will be for all the people.”(Luke 2:10). Those terrifying…
We Won’t Allow the Grinch OR Scrooge to Steal Christmas
Snuggling on the couch, Alexia and I watched “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. Though the Grinch was onery, grumpy and absolutely the WORST when it came to “Christmas spirit” (stealing and destroying anything that represented Christmas), in spite of it all, the Whos sang joyfully on Christmas morning, and the Grinch had an epiphany, returned…
Giving Thanks For the Daughter I Prayed and Dreamed For
MY STACI’s Birthday is today — December 8th. I’m celebrating my girl today! And, of course, my thoughts go to this special day when my dreams came true…..God gave me YOU! Wow! He loves me so much to have given me the full package — a girl that has charm, wit, personality, beauty,…
Celebrating THE NAME
I’m so grateful to be with my girl this weekend before her birthday on Monday (tomorrow). One day isn’t enough to celebrate her — I need several days. What a precious treasure she has been to me. We already had a beautiful son who was 2-1/2, then it was almost time for our 2nd child…
How About a Slice of Humble Pie?
When I saw this program at the Advent by Candlelight event last Monday, I noticed, right away, the word “HUMBLE” above my name. Actually, it was the title of a song that was sung before I spoke, but I thought “God are you trying to tell me something?” Just a few minutes later, I felt…
Give Your Family and Friends “The Perfect Gift for Christmas”
I keep getting email messages that the subject line reads, “Give your family and friends “THE PERFECT GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS”. I was deleting most of those and not even finding out what they meant until yesterday. THE PERFECT GIFT??? A Gift Card. And, I thought, yes, gift cards are great because you can buy anything…
Never a Birth Announcement Like This One
We’ve all received “Birth Announcements” from friends and family telling us about their new “pride and joy”. But can you imagine a birth that a mere photo or card could not contain the magnificence and grandeur of THIS birth? Not even a baby born to England’s royal family received this sort of announcement.…
“I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD”
A couple of weeks ago, I heard from a friend who wanted to meet with me because she was very troubled, so we met at a restaurant, and spent about two hours talking about “issues” in her life — those issues had been going on for many years, and she was consumed with it all…