Being February, most of us have seen more than our share of snippets of poetry proclaiming eternal love for that special person, videos of the most creative valentine’s and ooey gooey commercials attempting to convince everyone that only the biggest present could proclaim one’s love sufficiently. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out
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I Love You Lord
Oh, when I get to heaven I really hope I can sing with the Angels or even better – like the Angels. I’m sitting on my porch this morning, watching two lonely birds in the top of the Acacia tree. It’s winter in Honduras and there are no leaves on it so their silhouette against
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An Open Amen
I Timothy 1:5 The whole point of what we’re urging is simply love – love uncontaminated by self-interest and counterfeit faith – a life open to God. The Message These past few weeks I have found myself thinking a lot about prayer. This discussion has prompted some great conversations with good friends. I’ve shared my
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This Is Your Mission . . . Should You Choose To Accept It
As co-founder of our non-profit organization – Mi Esperanza – The Women of My Hope – in Honduras that provides free education to women of poverty, the calendar has rolled around once again, and it is time for our annual board meeting. It is always an exciting time for me. We learn the details of the year
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Full of Opportunities – Thank You
Today, I write with a heart filled with so many emotions and so many thoughts and so many questions. 2015 is one week old today. How’s it going for you? I hope it has been filled with many smiles and lots of hugs and filled with the people who love you and the ones
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Lay It Down
Agh! Is it really December 31??? That time of year when the reruns of the last 11.99 months begin replaying through our memory log. The highlights hopefully are well worth the time. I pray that for you. But maybe, you too, stumble over some of them and can’t fast forward through them quickly enough. It
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I’m Ready . . . Reflections and A Few Other Things Too
I didn’t even feel them sliding past my lips. It happened so fast – a surreal feeling of something bad happening and not being able to even slow it down, much less stop it – it was just wrong. After about the tenth person had asked me if I was ready for Christmas and
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The Exhale of Me
Subtly it begins to creep in around the edges – I feel myself slowing down and an awareness sets in of something getting comfortable inside me – but it doesn’t “feel” comfortable. You know that feeling your grandma always talked about when she “felt” a storm brewing? The barometric pressure changed, her bones ached, she
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The Beauty of Still
At first I didn’t see her standing there. She was still – so still for a five year old. Her head moved back and forth ever so slightly. She became aware of me standing there and smiled. “What are you doing sweet girl?” I asked. “Oh – I’m looking for God.” She spoke softly. She
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A New Hope
In this season of advent, in this season of celebration – the past two days have reminded me as life so often does – of the fragility and uncertainty of our walk on this earth. Amidst sparkling lights and Christmas carols playing, I received a message from my dear friend that her mother died after