I Was Fed Up
“Fed Up” = has had enough of a situation; annoyed with a state of affairs that has persisted for a long time. A year ago this January, a crown was placed on my back fractured tooth. I was hounded for years by my dentists to get that crown. The only problem I was having were…
Loving the Unlovely – Test or Torture?
This Peanuts cartoon shows Lucy speaking to Linus, “I am human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does.” God bless Lucy. She reminds me of some folks, even my own self, at times. If you’ll remember dear Lucy’s personality — she was characterized as loud-mouthed, aggressive, temperamental, and sometimes dumb. She…
Making Love and Peace — Not War
Last week, I saw my 4-sisters cousins’ photo of them in front of the Colosseum in Rome while they were on a trek through Italy. I quickly found my photo when I was there last year because it stirred up a passion to share about the end of a barbarous era when hate and violence…
“You Without Sin, Cast the First Stone”
From John 8:1-11, those are words that Jesus spoke to the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees when they brought a woman before Him when she was caught in the act of adultery. The first question I have….where was the man caught in the act of adultery with her? The second question I have…
Is Love Debatable?
I get amused at my 18-year-old grandson because, from all his four years of speech and debate experience with the NCFCA (National Christian Forensics & Communications Association), he can sure hold his own when it comes to debating an issue with someone. I was completely entertained when I watched his dad and him debate the…
Of Course, We Have Great Love for Our Children – We’re Just Like Our Father
I was thrilled when I recently saw the Facebook post of a precious young woman that I and many others had been praying for. You see….her greatest desire and prayer was to be able to conceive a baby. It took years, but now she holds that precious baby girl in her arms and you can…
Do They Know Us By Our Fruit?
When in season, I love those little Halos and Cuties brands of mandarins. They are my “go-to” fruit, but at the end of spring, they leave the produce shelves. I’ve purchased other varieties since then and they just don’t taste the same and are even sour or tasteless. Who wants a sour or tasteless fruit?…
Appreciate Rather Than Discriminate
Sitting on the patio while writing this post was the fruit of my labors yesterday, after an early morning seeing after the chickens, donkeys, goats, and longhorn. I’m always amused to see the donkeys and goats all bedded down in close proximity to each other at night but when it comes to feeding time, they…
The Perfect Date or BORING!!
Perfect Date — being entirely without fault or defect : flawless; satisfying all requirements, accurate. When my daughter and I were posing for this photo, we meant it to be funny, and it is, but I started giving it more thought. Here are two women with two men who don’t see us or speak to…
You Bear a Striking Resemblance of Your Father
People often say my daughter resembles me and my granddaughter resembles her, and I resemble my mother. It’s undeniable – we were all cast from the same mold. My son is undeniably, His dad’s son. They RESEMBLE each other. My word for today is, obviously, RESEMBLE: to have qualities or features, especially those of appearance,…