Pearls of Wisdom for the Journey
No matter what is going on, no matter what you are dealing with, no matter the season…there is a pearl for you there in the midst of it all.
Lessons from a Good Father
My earliest memory of Daddy is sitting on his lap in his old lazy boy chair with his arms tightly around me. I always felt perfectly loved in his presence. Every stage of my life growing up, I have memories of him there, always present. When I lived in the...
Pearls from Mama
It was a cold day. The air was sharp, our hearts were tight and we could not catch our breath. Nothing prepares you for this day. No matter what you know, what you believe, what you have experienced, nothing prepares you for this moment in time. It’s like the cold...
Love is the Greatest
I laid each gift out on the dining room table. Carefully picking the right wrapping paper, the perfect gift bag, the matching tissue paper, and the ribbon and bows. The presentation is so important. It shows love to the receiver of the gift. Christmas carols were playing in the background,...
The Heart of Home
We turned off the highway onto the little road between the Great Granddaddy Pines. The familiar road twisted through the pines and the woods, opening up to the homestead that raised me up. The smell of home, and the smell of Christmas dinner greeted us all and the warmest smiles,...
Church in the hospital
Watching two men sitting in the holding room drinking the radioactive dye before they go back for their scans. They both were watching each other, they looked scared, and they were both obviously stressed. Then one spoke to the other making a comment about drinking the dye. The other commented...
What Does God Look Like to You?
Reflecting on a conversation I had with my Bride to Be early yesterday morning. She called to share with me the “funniest thing…!” She and Brandon were both working on some of the questions in their premarital workbooks given to them from Pastor Brian. The question was, “What does God...
