Goodbye to People-Pleasing
When someone you care about such as your child, friend or spouse fails in some way, who do you hold responsible? Do you help them realize that they are accountable for their action or lack of it? Or do you blame yourself for their failure and then clean up their mess? God does not clean […]
A Life-Giving Practice
Almost every morning since the first of January this year, I’ve spent the first forty-five minutes to an hour studying and meditating on Scripture. As I converse with Jesus about his words, he frequently gives me a poem or song lyrics. This is the best part of my day. When my husband hears me singing, […]
The Mirror of Truth
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve been spending less time looking at my face in the mirror. At first, it was because I did not want to see the wrinkles there. I’m not uptight about them anymore. I’ve accepted them as a normal part of aging. Why do look in the mirror less often? I simply […]
A Meditation on the Meaning of Faith
Compared to some of my past life experiences, I am not currently going through a tough time. Just the normal frustrations of aging. My poem, today, is a reflection of more difficult days. I wrote it with confidence and joy because I’ve discovered this: what felt like failure turned out to be success; what felt […]