Your Time With God

When I was younger, time alone meant time being lonely. Then the boys came along. While we were raising the boys, I did not have much time alone. As I have gotten older, I have found that I love to spend my alone time with the Lord, and as the boys have gotten older,...

God’s Exchange Rates

If you could record all the thoughts and feelings inside yourself and play them back for me, what would I see and feel? Does your past follow you? Do you think about it a lot? Does the way you feel about things now stem from hurts from long ago? Do you replay things...

Obedience and Blessings

Our children were given the privilege of a cell phone when they were each about 16. We knew that they would be out and about more, and we wanted them to be able to call home if they needed anything. Only because of their obedience did they receive the blessing of that...

Our Days Are But a Shadow

Have you ever skipped a rock across water? Each touch on the water’s surface makes a set of ripples moving out from the point of contact. Momentarily the water is disturbed. A few moments later you cannot tell anything happened. The effect is over, gone, and...