Monthly Archives: April 2022
Love Remains
When I woke up on Easter morning and glanced out the window into my backyard, two yellow irises in full bloom, caught my eye and my heart filled with joy. Now, I know it’s not unusual for flowers to bloom in Georgia at Easter, but these were special. The woman who wasn’t my grandmother by … Continue reading
The Relentless Pursuit of Jesus
I recently heard a sermon about the four friends and the paralytic, found in Mark, Chapter 2. It’s a familiar story to most people raised in church. I have vivid memories of it playing out on the black flannel board at Sunday school. Quite honestly, I never gave it that much thought. Whenever we talked … Continue reading
Easter is Coming
As we ready ourselves for Easter Sunday, we have to first go through Good Friday. Friday is an incredibly dark day for people of faith. On that fateful Friday so many years ago, Jesus’ followers believed that they truly had come to the end and all was lost, but they were wrong. You may find … Continue reading
Songbird Ecouragement
We had a loud thunderstorm one night this week. It was the second round of tornado producing storms that hit the South in just two days. It was around midnight when the thunder began booming. We have two dogs. One is afraid of thunder and he began pacing and whining and scratching to get out … Continue reading
The Call to Pray Without Ceasing
The online Bible Study that I read in the mornings, has been going through the book of Ezekiel for Lent. I’m going to be honest; this book is not an inspirational, uplifting read. It’s about sin and its consequences, (especially in the beginning), which is what we are all supposed to be reflecting upon during … Continue reading