SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 Really Looking Love begins with looking but looking is risky. I might have to pay (with my money or my time) if I look too closely or care too deeply. When I love I become the servant, not the master. It’s easier to look through the narrow lens of “my world.”…
A Cup of Water
Compassionate Teacher
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2010 Compassionate Teacher A teacher went into a town. His students as well as a large crowd of people followed him. He approached a cemetery where a funeral was going on. A widow’s only son was being interred. A large crowd of people watched the proceedings. The teacher saw the woman and…
Faith to Take Steps
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2010 Faith to Take Steps What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see. – Hebrews 11:1 And all of us have had that veil removed so that we can be mirrors that brightly…
Acts of Worship Coming from a Grateful Heart
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2010 Acts of Worship Coming from a Grateful Heart I tend to think that I can do better if I just try harder. Every Monday I resolve to do better. Sometimes I can do it better for awhile until I go back to my old habits of laziness and taking the easy…
Choose to Live Today
SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2010 Choose to Live Today “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! You can make this choice…
Building Endurance & Consistency
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2009 Building Endurance & Consistency I began a jogging program today and I hope that it is more than just a beginning. I hope that it is the beginning of a new phase in my life. Not only do I want to improve my physical well-being but I also want to improve…
True Faith
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 True Faith My natural tendency is to look at the bright side of life. Working hard can result in grand and wonderful things. But throughout my life, I’ve heard messages to the contrary. I’ve heard that I should be more realistic. I’ve heard that there just might be limits to what…
Out of the Box
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 Out of the Box Sometimes it’s easier here in this box It’s cozy and comfortable And I can see my boundaries But other times it’s stifling It’s confining and dark And I can hardly breathe There is another choice I can choose; each day, I can choose Life and breath or…
I Am Alive
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 I Am Alive I am alive when I’m around you I feel like I have wings to fly I feel like I can reach my dreams If only I would try You’ve set my heart ablaze. And set my eyes ahead So I can see possibilities Of how I can be…
Back to School
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009 Back to School Can you feel it? It’s in the air. Mead notebooks, pens, pencils, crayons, looseleaf paper, backpacks, lunchboxes. It’s all begun again. If kids haven’t started yet, they will soon. I always loved this time of the year. I guess it’s the writer in me that just loves blank…