Did you watch Billy Graham’s funeral televised from the BG Library in Charlotte NC? I sat glued to the livestream on my big computer screen. One of the things I loved most? His children speaking about their daddy. WELCOME HOME Ruth Graham, the middle child of Billy and Ruth, was born in 1950 and her… [Read More]
prodigal
my favorite 2014 posts and ponderings
Every new year begins the same. New plans. New word. Resolutions. Diets. Commitments. Challenges. Hope. Change. Then, around mid-March you realize that ‘this’ year is looking more like last year than you had really wanted it to. So you have a little come to Jesus meeting with yourself and try to readjust! Do you do… [Read More]
five minute friday – turn
Taking that 5-minute challenge. One word. Five minutes. Go! I will never forget the night God spoke deep. It was 1984 in LaClede Idaho. Around a bonfire. On a very dark night. My mind was fuzzy with illegal substance. The flames danced and what I saw in them was. Ugly. Frightening. Death. The word He… [Read More]
trust
The Lord gave me one of the greatest promises of His Word after a very painful time in our family’s life – HOPE. True, God-Hope was drenching me as I slowly began my “rise to the surface”. Hope has carried me through these past eleven years. This past summer, another family crisis struck. This one… [Read More]
sit still
Our family is going through a major upheaval. The scales of our family have become unbalanced and it is a trying time for those directly affected and for this Mom. One of my morning reads is Daily Light – Anne Graham Lotz version. It is a wonderful compilation of morning and evening scriptures, each entry relating to… [Read More]
it’s just too much
OMG! And, I say that in a very prayerful way – never to use my heavenly Father’s name in any manner other than in holy and sincere reverence – life is just so overwhelming. Here’s a listing of what’s on my prayer plate and in my heart account: a very prodigal son an infant’s serious… [Read More]
dear prodigal
my dear prodigal… do not run so hard that you destroy those in your path do not run so fast that Light has no place to light do not run so long that no one is left waiting to welcome you home please… a found prodigal praying for one that is now running
the prodigal
Several weeks ago, SharpShooter (my husband) was unloading groceries from the car when a bedraggled cat walking down our snow-covered country road caught his eye. It couldn’t be – could it? “Pippie, is that you?” Upon closer inspection, stooping down to the dirty, scruffy feline, he realized it was indeed, Captain Pip! Years ago, fifteen… [Read More]