It’s Super Bowl Sunday! We Win – No Matter What!
Though the Super Bowl won’t have the ginormous crowds and the vendors won’t sell near as many snack items and the ticket sales are meager compared to years before, today the two best professional football teams will meet up for the big FINALE. It just so happens that it’s two teams, the Kansas City Chiefs…
November 3rd, 2020 – Election Day
I’m off and running in a few minutes to my “last stand” (literally) as an Election clerk this morning. I anticipate lines out the door, but certainly less than the two-hour line I stood in for 2016’s election day. I saw this headline by CNN’s Chris Cillizza, Editor at Large: “Why November 4, 2020 could…
Maybe It Will Go Away If We Shut Our Eyes
Or, if we put our fingers in our ears and sing loudly, “La, la, la” – we won’t hear them!” After all the uncertainties, concerns, disappointments, and disturbances in their lives, I think many folks are at the tipping point of losing it. In the words of my old cartoon friend from way back, Popeye…
Running our Races with Purpose
It’s been almost ten years since our eleven children and grands along with about twenty others ran or walked with us in Tulsa’s Route 66 Marathon to honor my husband who had graduated to heaven the Tuesday before. That Sunday morning we wore our red “Run for Ron” t-shirts. It had all been planned before…
Because He Lives, We Can Face Tomorrow
One of my all-time favorite songs (not just at Easter) is Bill and Gloria Gaither’s beloved song, “Because He Lives”. Wow! Did they ever get that one right?!! Here is the chorus: “Because He lives, I can face tomorrow. Because He lives, all fear is gone. Because I know, He holds the future. My life…
A Fire. A Journal. A Blessing.
A few days ago, my daughter sent me this text message: “Do you know when the fire in our home was?” Of course, she could ask me that because she knows about my daily journal writing. It’s a routine that I’ve been quite consistent with for decades. I write about significant details of my day,…
We Came. We Saw. We Conquered.
I Raise a Hallelujah! Oh, yes, I do! Oh, yes, we do! Veni, vidi, vici – the Latin for “I came; I saw; I conquered” – attributed to Julius Caesar who used the phrase in a letter to the Roman Senate in 47 BC after he had won a quick victory in his short war…
Thanks, Lois and Eunice
(Warning — longer than my usual long blogs — but, I promise you — so worth the read!) My mother’s parents, my grandfather and grandmother, John and Mary, were two of the most loving and faith-filled couple I have ever known. At any given time of the day, you’d find them praying for their children,…
My Fear Doesn’t Stand a Chance When I Stand in Your Love
Early this morning, I was hearing (in my head) Josh Baldwin’s song: “Stand in Your Love”. I thought about the lyrics when I read this friend’s post so I commented: “I know why I was thinking about this song this morning before I read your post. Sweet girl! You are such a valiant warrior and…
The Steps of a Good Man Are Ordered by the Lord
I send an early morning text message to my children every day. Yesterday, I texted my son: “’The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and He delights in his way.” Psalm 37:23. I went on to say: “I love this scripture because it describes you and how God delights in the…