Honor

Two days ago, one of our sons-in-law told us what his god-fearing parents did when he was a young man engaged in bad behavior while still living at home. They gave him a choice: stop the bad actions that were causing chaos in the household, or leave. He wouldn’t stop, so he had to leave….

Commendation

Yesterday, the person overseeing the children’s Bible classes in our church gave me a sincere compliment over the phone. He named the specific behavior of mine that he was grateful for and told how it helped him as well as the children. I like to think that I don’t want to be noticed and want…

Good

Is God really being good to me? You know the feeling. When things are going along pretty well, suddenly that sneaky fear pipes up and says, “When is the next shoe going to drop? It can’t go along nicely forever. Something bad is just around the corner.” Indeed, as long as we live in a…

Dragons

Have you ever noticed that conflict shines a bright light on the dark corners of your soul? Gulp. My reaction to that person just showed what’s lurking in the shadows of my heart. Scary. I was hoping I had made more progress in my character than that. Yikes! That ugliness jumped right up as soon…

Expensive

My mother was a single parent. She worked long hours to support us, so she was tired in the evenings, yet she devoted those hours to being together.  Time is the currency of relationships. And relationships are very expensive! Jesus spent 24/7 for three years with the 12 men he chose to train. Probably the…

Stop, you’re doing it wrong!

Dear Husband’s 95-year-old mother has been in terrible pain. She has had multiple compression fractures of the spine due to osteoporosis. Everyone who loves her is pained to see her in pain. We have all wrestled with questions. “Why doesn’t God just take her home?” “Why does God let her continue to suffer?” “What good…