Paris – the City of Lights
How fitting that Paris hosts the 2024 Summer Olympics. John 1:5 says, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” As I watched the athletes, I saw that light shining brightly. The opening ceremony was a spectacle of monumental proportions, even as rain poured on athletes navigating the Seine River…
Sacred in the Ordinary
Aw! Welcome the thunder and the rain! At last! God’s mercy are new every morning! Abruptly, dark clouds can loom over us and in a matter of minutes, a storm of monumental proportions of thunder and torrents of rain can pelt us. In my own little world, I can imagine God looking down on us…
Seen Any Rainbows Lately?
Yesterday I blogged about clouds. Today, it’s rainbows. This first rainbow was just near my residence in Austin. A mere short-lived rainshower brought that one. Then, a couple of weeks ago, my daughter’s family and I were in Corpus Christi at Port Aransas where we boarded a big fishing boat. It was pouring down rain.…
Rainbow in the Rain & the Drought
“There Shall Be Showers of Blessing” — an old song to write, sing and shout about! There shall be showers of blessing:This is the promise of love;There shall be seasons refreshing,Sent from the Savior above.Chorus:Showers of blessing.Showers of blessing we need;Mercy-drops round us are falling.But, for the showers we plead! I was seriously singing that…
It’s Time to Build an Ark
I say that facetiously because we certainly need rain and NOT an ark. Today it promises to be 104 degrees plus here in Austin! But, just maybe when I speak of an “ark”, we could be thinking how much we need to feel secure, safe in the ark where God’s presence is there even though…
Home at Last and the Last Laugh
Home sweet home after having been with my family in Cabo Del Sol for the last nine days. What a great way to end 2021 and begin 2022 — with family love and family fun. Attached are a few photos — only the good times that rolled — and NOT the times we’d rather not…
When it Rains, it Pours
Oftentimes, we hear that phrase and it comes with negative connatations. But thank you, Lord, for the rain! Twice, recently when I was on a usual 30-minute trek home and while driving across Lake Travis’ dam, came another rain downpour. Wednesday night, on the way home, I could barely see the road. It was intense…
Along with the Sunshine, Comes a Little Rain
“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have — life itself.” –Walter Anderson…
In it for the Long Hull aka Long Haul
While Ryan and Shawntel have been away a few days, I’ve stayed here with their boys. I loved big brother, Bear, his girlfriend, Hannah, and oldest brother, Braden, and his wife, Ruth, hanging out with us. My heart has been filled with love. Four boys in this Wuerch family here in Austin – so I…
Rain, Rain! Don’t Go Away – You are Welcome in this Day
Oh, the wonderful rain that has come to us in Frisco. Two days in a row means the blistering heat has subsided and I don’t have to water plants and grass. My two fur-pals haven’t been too crazy about it – they don’t like playing or walking in the rain. I’ve learned not to complain…