Waiting, Anticipating and Preparing
Today is the birthday eve celebration of my baby girl. I always make a big deal about “eves”. “Happy Birthday Eve” I’ll text or say to my children. “Happy Thanksgiving Eve and Happy Christmas Eve” I’ll declare too! The day before and anticipating the “day of”. I well remember the day before my girl was…
God is Really, Really With Us
One of the most comforting messages of Christmas is: “Emmanuel — God with us”! When we take that message to heart and honestly believe it with all our hearts, then we’ll recognize Him. The Baby grew up, lived and died for us and lives today in us through the Holy Spirit. Where we go, He…
A Hearty Welcome to Christmas!
I think Advent and Christmas have been welcomed this year like a gigantic, band-playing, dancers-dancing, and gorgeous floats rolling along like a Christmas parade. I went to many of those Christmas parades in downtown Dallas when I was a kid. Oh, the anticipation for the last float – Santa! As 2020 is coming to a…
Our Voices Matter
I’m a big fan of the talent show, “The Voice”. The contestants belt out a song while the chairs of the judges are turned away from them. The judges base their decision solely on how good their voice is – not by how they look or their stage presence. If they are a good singer,…
Merry Christmas! God Showed Up!
“He was here! He was here!” Kids all over the world are waking up their families with shrills and abounding excitement! The “jolly old soul” made it to their homes last night. They are sure he was here because the cookie plate only has crumbs on it. Most importantly, stockings that were hung by the…
Oh Tidings of Comfort and Joy
God REST You Merry Gentlemen. Oh, tidings of comfort and joy! For this Nana, “rest” hasn’t been the operative word this week, but comfort and joy are abounding. Being here with my “Austin” grandchildren this week has been filled with non-stop activity. I love that the grown-up ones enjoy coming over to the house to…
Alone, Lonely or Solitude
My word(s) for today are ALONE, LONELY, SOLITUDE. ALONE: having no one else present; on one’s own. LONELY: sad because one has no friends or company; friendless, forsaken, inner emptiness SOLITUDE: withdrawal for privacy and peace A few days ago I was in Austin with grandchildren, then I was back home in Frisco with my…
I Waved Farewell to the Past
The Word of the Day: PAST — no longer existing. Remember the Von Trapp Family in the “Sound of Music” singing “So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, good-bye”? That’s what I did on New Year’s Eve.” The PAST is now the PAST. And, what a way to say farewell than in a predominately African American crowd…
The Bright Light of Christmas is With Us
· While “The Wallace’s” and I were driving home from Austin yesterday, I was already thinking “I’m going to take down my Christmas decor’ as soon as possible since I’ll be going out of town next week and I want to come back home to a fresh clean slate in the new year of new…
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain Today I celebrate the day my sweet Daddy, at age 64, graduated to heaven in 1964. My Sweetheart was only 63. I think God was giving out “Fast Passes” to heaven for two men that I loved so much. Good for them. They both earned those “Fast Passes”. I…