Clean Hands and a Pure Heart
We’ve all found little finger prints on our glass doors or windows or walls. No sooner do we get those glass doors cleaned, than a little one comes along and puts his hands all over the door again. Little chocolate, play dough or muddy hands had left their imprint. The evidence was real. We recognized…
Unplugged To Get Plugged In
My cousin and I were going on a “girls night out”, but I couldn’t find my cell phone. I went to pick her up (she lives just a few blocks from me) and brought her back to my house so she could call me to see where my phone was at. (I forgot about the…
What Makes a Champion?
I guess it was my 13-year old grandson’s love for baseball, that drew me into watching the Little League World Series on TV a few weeks ago. The team from Lufkin, TX won the National games and went on to the World Series. All teams, at that level, were great, but I was particularly impressed…
Please Let Me Introduce You to Rimon!
If you follow my daily FB posts or my blog, you’ll remember my Holy Lands’ daily log of awe-inspiring, faith-filled experiences that I and my fellow travelers savored from the moment we landed at the Israel Ben Gurion Airport. The reason, was in large part because of our tour guide, Rimon. If you were planning…
The Way Maker is Here to Help Us Find Our Way Out
This morning I join others with stunned disbelief and sadness that we could live in a world where hate is so rampant that a single person could inflict such horrific pain as we witnessed yesterday. I watched the news video of people struggling to find a way out of what was thought to be just…
How Big is God?
“How big is God? How big and wide his vast domain. To try and tell, these lips can only start. He’s big enough, to rule this mighty universe. Yet small enough, to live within my heart.” Those are the words to an old song that asks that question, “How big is God?” God is GOD…
Billows of Love
“Billows” isn’t a word that I use in my everyday speech. But, yesterday, on my morning walk, I looked up at the sky and saw the clouds in billows. An old song that I heard my mama sing so many times came to my mind. “Peace, peace, wonderful peace, coming down from the Father above.…
Can You See Me Now?
Remember that old Verizon commercial and the guy trying to find good phone reception and kept saying “Can you hear me now?” What about that visual connection and those words, “Can you SEE me now?” Like any parent or grandparent, I love to watch my family excel in their specific talents and abilities. I get…
Have You Ever Been Caught in the Act?
Hand in the cookie jar? Cookie crumbs all over your face? Have you ever been frozen in your tracks when the lights came on? Rendered motionless like a deer in the headlights? Frozen with your heart pounding through your chest? Gotten a ticket for speeding? Our minds can go all over the place with that…
God Reaching Out to Man; Man Reaching Out for God
At the discipleship training I attend on Tuesday nights, this beautiful picture of Michelangelo’s painting of “The Creation of Adam”, on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, was shown on a large screen. This famous image is God and Adam reaching for each other with their arms outstretched. It took Michelangelo four years, from 1508-1512,…