Have Thine Own Way
That was the title of a classic hymn that speaks to the importance of an attitude of surrendering our ways to God’s BEST ways! “Have thine own way, Lord. Have thine own way.You are the Potter. I am the clay.Mold me and make me. After Your will.While I am waiting – yielded and still.” That…
Happy Mother’s Day to the Sisterhood!
Happy Mother’s Day to the Sisterhood! A few days ago I spoke about the verb and action-word, mother or mothering, and how we can all (men and women) be participants in encouraging, supporting and loving others. I checked out the history of this day. Anna Jarvis, who had no children of her own, conceived Mother’s…
Seeing is Believing
Yesterday I had my annual eye check up. Thanks be to God I can still see! Ever hear someone say: “I’ll believe it when I see it!” or “Seeing is believing!” That isn’t the posture that pleases God. He is all about seeing but not how well we see with our physical eyes. He wants…
Mothering Isn’t Meant Just for Mothers
My co-worker and I at the family center are having a little conversation about how God formed and knitted us together in our mothers’ wombs. To think that our God of the universe, the same ONE Who created the heavens, the earth, the waters, the stars, the trees, the animals — is the same ONE…
Born to Live this Life
Remember the line by Mother Abbess to Maria in the epic movie “The Sound of Music”? “Maria, these walls were not meant to shut out problems. You must face them. You must live the life you were born to live.” Such words of wisdom: “We must live the life we were born to live.” In…
Kindness takes the Higher Ground
Yesterday, after I finished my blog and posted it about how our words matter, I read this email from a ministry. It is the icing on “yesterday’s” cake (aka blog). “I call you, My people, to be kind to one another. The world is filled with selfishness and hatred. But you belong to Me and…
The Power of Words
New signs were placed on my grandson’s Regent’s baseball field backstop this year. I was pleased to see those words. They were placed on the visitor’s seating side and on our side. “WE ARE TO BE SALT AND LIGHT! Do not talk “at” or “about” other players, fans, officials, or parents!” The signs apparently made…
Bent Out of Shape
When I’ve watched the “America’s Got Talent” TV show, without fail, there is always a contortionist who can bend their limbs every which way. I grimace and can hardly watch them. Literally, we can say: “They are all bent out of shape!” Sometimes, we experience aches and pains and laugh about it. Maybe you’ve heard…
God Save the King
I recorded and then watched the magnificent and regal ceremonies of Prince Charles III’s coronation. We, Americans, though we have plenty of pomp and circumstance at various and important occasions, don’t hold a candle to what took place yesterday. Charles became king the moment Queen Elizabeth died so the coronation yesterday was more symbolic in…
It Happens on this Day
May 6th was on my mind. I checked my calendar – nada, nothing showing except for me working at the family center all day and serving communion at church on Saturday night. There must be something else because I keep thinking I need to blog about whatever it may be. Still nothing. So, I googled…