Holy Saturday — In the Middle
You may know the heartache and feelings when one of your closest friends or family members passed away, yesterday. You wake up the day after, and it’s up to you to handle the responsibilities of planning the funeral, the burial, notifying relatives, and figuring out what to do without them. You are expected to hold…
Brighten the World with What You’ve Got
Yesterday, in my blog, I encouraged us all to brighten our little corners of the world. In other words – to bloom where we are planted, to shine in spite of clouds, reach the one God puts in our pathway, to let our little lights shine for Jesus. And, hopefully, we are all brightening our…
My Crepe Myrtles had a Baby
One of the side-blessings of my Frisco home, was the lawn that had been professionally landscaped with rock and stone edgings, perennials, a variety of trees, bushes and nine orchid-flowered crepe myrtles. I’ve always loved summer’s colorful crepe myrtles that seem to abound in Oklahoma and Texas. It’s a hearty tree despite the major pruning…
Holy Saturday — the Cross Makes the Difference
Today is the in-between day of our Savior’s agony on the cross — one of the cruelest methods of execution ever practiced, slowly dying in despicable humiliation, His dead body placed in a tomb – sealed and done! But, then comes tomorrow — the day when all HELL had to break loose of what it…