Last week I visited an apple orchard not (too) far from my house. It was a pretty drive out towards the mountains and the day was perfect. There is a house on top of a hill on the property with a full wrap-around porch overlooking the orchards. Add in some fresh apple cider and homemade… Read More Producing Fruit
The last several weeks have been peppered with sudden and unanticipated deaths. More than just a couple and all were people of my age – in their mid-50s. It is very sobering, to be sure. Any death, but especially those that are so unexpected, can lead us to question and ponder many things. I have… Read More Promises – not Platitudes
If you caught my Instagram this morning, you would have seen a beautiful photo from my son’s rock climbing this weekend on the “Billy Goat Trail” in Potomac. You might have also read my recap of a thought from a devotional my husband and I read today. It said, very loosely quoted, that a busy… Read More A Cheap Substitute for the Abundant Life
Another month almost in the history books. With school back in session and all the windows open, summer feels like it has come to an end. Actually, there is one whole week left in August and, yes, fall is not official for days after that but, really, summer seems done. So, a look back at… Read More A Little Letters Look At August (2019)
I’m curious. When you were in school….did classes resume before or after Labor Day?? We always started back the Tuesday after Labor Day. Granted, that was years (um, decades) ago but I thought it was the norm. Until my own children went to school and their new school year always began on the Tuesday just… Read More Time for a Priority Check
The full spectrum of life. Both ends. I posted yesterday that, over the weekend, I had celebrated both. A girlfriend’s new grandbaby and a friend’s 90th birthday! Maybe it was because they were back to back, but the two events definitely caused me to get reflective. Both are poignant reminders. One the prospect of an… Read More Two Special Birthdays
Imagine this scenario. A husband and wife are hurrying through the morning activities and are planning the evening. The wife says she will be home later than usual and asks hubbie if he can get dinner ready. She gives him some suggestions/directions on what is available and what will need to be done. “No problem,”… Read More Surrendering Plan B
“If all your friends were going to jump off a bridge, would you jump off too?” More wisdom from my mother…although long forgotten that seems to bubble up from nowhere. And, at the most interesting times! (Little did she know, bridge jumping would actually become a thing!!) This question was often asked to remind a… Read More Three Reasons to Hold Friendships Loosely
I, like many, choose a word at the beginning of the year. A word for the year. A word to focus on throughout the year and, ideally, one that God had impressed on us and that He could use through the year to capture our hearts and thoughts. My word for 2019 is surrender. I… Read More Learning to Be Flexible
Recently I heard a sermon regarding the question of whether the conviction of sin was necessary for salvation. It caused me to do extra praying and Bible study afterward (which is a good thing!) And, while I did not agree with everything that was said, there is no doubt that we live in a society… Read More By Grace…and For Glory