Archive for November, 2008

THE GIFT OF WAITING

My little girl is getting married!  Kristin and Matt got engaged on Saturday night.  I jumped for joy at the news and then I cried a little bit.  A hundred snapshots flashed through the picture gallery in my mind –moments in time caught by the camera of Kristin riding her bike, playing dress-up with her brother […]

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BUMPER STICKER IDENTITY

It would be hard not to notice all of the bumper stickers during this political season, but I was particularly interested in one car I saw in a neighborhood I walk through every morning.  The car was covered with bumper stickers.  Almost every inch of bumper and every inch of window on the sides and the […]

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AN HOUR OF GRATITUDE

I went to bed last night feeling yucky.  I know that’s not a real feeling, but it best describes the mix of emotions that were bubbling up inside of me.  I felt restless, irritable, and discontent.  I had my reasons.  I’d been misunderstood and judged by a friend.  My car is leaking something in a […]

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