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"...til he appeared and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!” O...

Waiting is something we all have in common. We wait for small things, like the stoplight to change or big things, like medical test...

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” Elbert Hubbard Do you ever wonder why some memories stick and other...

I noticed something the other day that got me thinking. I was in the grocery store standing in the check-out line. I could see a customer...

There was no one to stop them. They just walked right out the door. We were sitting on a bench near the front of a shoe store when a...

If someone were to stop you right now and ask “What is the one thing you ask?”, what would you say? What is it that you want? Do you want...

“From your lofty adode you water the mountains, the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.” Psalm 104:13 (ESV) I read this...

“Consolation is the dropping of a gentle dew from heaven on desert hearts beneath.” Charles Spurgeon We were out for an evening drive...

“Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” Gen 28:16 We were sitting in the backyard recently and my husband noticed a...

A childhood memory recently came to me like an old friend I had not seen for a while. I was looking outside and I suddenly recalled an...

We had a family outing last weekend. The forecast was warm and sunny. I pulled out my favorite sandals from last summer and rushed out...

Readings He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were...

Reading Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my thoughts! See if there is any wicked in me, and lead me in the way...

Readings "Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will...

We have a Japanese Lilac Tree in our backyard. I love the shape of the tree and the oversized white flowers that appear in the spring....

I was picking up one last thing in the greeting card section of the grocery store earlier this week when all the lights blinked off. A...

I have been a bit like a yoyo this week. The weight of this past month has been catching up to me. It’s been a time of walking with...

There is a kind of knowing that’s hard to explain. It’s a truth beyond knowing; an awareness that is so real and convicting that you...

Send me your light and faithful care, let them lead me" Psalm 43:3 “I learned something important from my puppy,” a woman told me earlier...

“We all have the possibility, that potential and that promise of seeing beyond the seeming." Maya Angelou I recently had the opportunity...

gather - to come together: assemble; to bring together and take in from scattered places or sources* The word gather is popping up in...

I heard something earlier this week that I have been carrying with me, "Problems come and go. God’s promises come and stay.”* Isn’t that...

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau I was outside near a park enjoying the sunshine when a...

The word that has been coming to me this week is hope. We all have hopes. Hopes for our children, our family, our friends, the world and...