My Friend’s Journey with ALS: 31 Days of Selah
"He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God." Joshua 4:24 My friend, Kathy, is living with ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive disease that affects nerve cells. Recently, I shared what I know of both the loss and the joy my...
More Than We Can Imagine: 31 Days of Selah
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21 My life journey took an unexpected turn in late 2012 when doctors found a fast-growing cancerous...
In the Waste Places: 31 Days of Selah
"I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places; I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop." Psalm 102:6-7 (ESV) Have you ever felt like this? Like a sparrow alone on a roof. An owl in the wilderness. I have. I think we all have. Life brings change, heart ache. People hurt and disappoint us. We...
With All The Trees Clapping: 31 Days of Selah
"You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands." Isaiah 55:12 For nearly 25 years, we have greeted mornings through the limbs of our beautiful copper beech tree. The branches of this slow-growing specimen sprawl and...
Only a Vapor: 31 Days of Selah
"You, indeed, have made my days short in length, and my life span as nothing in Your sight. Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor." Selah Psalm 39:5 (HCSB) Teaching four inquisitive boys at home gave me plenty of opportunity to learn some things I somehow missed in my own education. One of our sons lived for science experiments. He's the one...
Write 31 Days: Taking a Cue from Scripture
Welcome to The Journey! October is always a beautiful time of the year in Northeast Indiana -- perfect for pausing in our busy lives and praising our Creator. I've long been fascinated with the little word "selah", which appears 74 times in Scripture (71 in Psalms and 3 in Habbakuk). In my research on this beautiful little word, I've found...
What’s Brewing? When It’s Time For An Attitude Adjustment
So, that job at the coffee shop, the one where I get to serve people wonderful java brews and take notes on "life"? Well, I'm still doing it. But somewhere in the middle of everything, I let myself get disenchanted. And I came up with a list of reasons to quit: My co-workers are all so young. I feel so old. There are other things I could be...
Celebrate :: A Five Minute Party in the Trenches
It's raining and my "to do" list is long, my prayer list even longer. The house needs cleaned. There are bills to pay. My elderly parents need help packing up their home and downsizing for their move to an apartment. I have sons in distant cities with needs and trials I can no longer handle with a hug and a band-aid. I have dear friends facing...
Eyes of Faith: It’s All About Perspective
I'm losing my hair. Bald spots, skillfully hidden by my hairdresser, have been showing up randomly for about a year. I've been told it's alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease. The loss also might be linked to thyroid disease or to a medication I took following breast cancer. Or maybe gluten. There isn't much I can do about it, except hope...
When They Take Flight
Between doing loads of laundry, checking off that college packing list and swiping at unbidden tears, I popped the disc from the top of my music stack into the CD player and was transported back 40 years...... Sharing this post today at Busy Being Blessed as part of the Imperfect Mom Confessional Series, hosted by Jenn...