Life Thoughts TodayI was delighted and honored to be asked to play the flute for my dear friend Margaret’s wedding to her wonderful new husband, John. The plan was for me to perform a selection of songs starting about ten minutes before the ceremony and continuing through the time when our pastor, the groom, and the groom’s […]
In a humble soul, I asked God why my prayer wasn’t answered. He said, “Your mind is too slow to understand me, but I am trying to help you. There are two key concepts to understand how I answer prayers. One is the fulness of time and second is to reveal my greatest glory. The […]
(cont. from October) Sharing more of my life’s journey would be easier if I hadn’t shredded all my journals. This mastication took place after a conversation with the English Department head. Upon telling him of the provision in my will ensuring my journals (very private writings) would be destroyed, he laughed out loud & said […]
Anyone moving forward in life has them. All who seek to grow spiritually will see them. Anyone desiring to become more and more like Jesus, to step into the fullness of God’s call on their life will hear them. The voices of the crows. The dissenters, detractors, accusers and condemners. The more you step forward, […]
We pray that we would not be left alone like broken vines but that we would be knitted together in love. Help us to cast away bitterness and anger that separate us from you and from each other. Bind us together as a family so that we can show the greatness and beauty of the […]
The cut was small, but we all know that even small cuts can hurt! I was mostly frustrated at the interruption in my schedule and quickly wrapped a Band-Aid around my still stinging finger. I was no longer a whimpering and fearful child needing the reassurance of a parent that it would get better, but […]
If you are expecting a nice story about obstacles overcome, complete with a sugar-coated ending, you will be sorely disappointed. This is a story about real life, the life that I suspect many of you are living, the happy ending still elusive. “The life unexamined is the life not worth living,” somebody famous once said. […]
Life Thoughts Today