Good morning... A friend sent me these encouraging words from the left page in her book. "You're stepping into a week of answered prayers." What a marvelous perspective to take on our everyday lives. "God is striding ahead of you. He’s right there with you. He won’t let you down; he won’t leave you. Don’t be intimidated. Don’t [...]
Good morning... I talked on the phone with my parents as they drove to yesterday's 1:00 pm doctor appointment. "How are you feeling, mom?" I asked. "I don't know what I feel," my mom quietly responded. After a long, grueling day of doctors and x-rays and waiting and discomfort and uncertainty and more waiting and concerning results and [...]
Good morning... Last week, our therapeutic community group began meeting again at PAWkids in the Grove Park neighborhood of our city. Men and women, young and old, black and white, how wonderful it felt to be back together again. Gathering after our summer break felt like coming home. Then yesterday, one group member was battling an ugly infection [...]
Good morning... As I prepared with God for my annual kickoff talk with the Lovett School Moms In Prayer group, I sensed one thing we all have in common: we all worry. We don't want to worry. We don't plan to worry. We don't have to be taught to worry. Our human minds just seem to automatically worry. [...]
Good morning... In honor of a few friends facing immense transition, this weekend I created the wordless prayer card above. "Thinking of you as you cross today's bridge into the holy, hazy unknown," I texted the image to each of these soul friends. As this new morning dawns, I expand the reach of my wordless prayer to gently [...]
Good morning... I prayerfully bow my head and read one vulnerable sentence. "The fires crept up on residents and tourists of the Hawaii island of Maui on Aug. 8," a news feed said seven minutes ago, "as a perfect storm of strong winds and dry conditions left Maui vulnerable to what state officials say has become the deadliest [...]
Good morning... This wordless prayer card I created, which remains front and center for me this week, depicts my deepest desire for Audrey DeShetler: May she live to be a wise, old woman. A resilient eighteen year old, who is battling through her fifth relapse, Audrey was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at age five. Being treated with risky radioactive [...]
Good morning... "Good morning Sue - we are on the same wavelength," she wrote after yesterday's post, Uncertain. Unsettled. Ungrounded. "I read this a few days ago and was reminded of it as I read your reflection - XO." “Are our needs important to God? Yes. But the true purpose of prayer is to commune with the God [...]
Good morning... One line lingers from a poem I shared this week: "Your ache. My ache." After last week's church service, several of us stayed behind to lay hands on Julianna, a 38 year old mom of four who is a committed member of our small group. We spoke intimate blessing over her and her husband, as she [...]
Good morning... I happened upon an interesting quote by Corrie Ten Boom, who, along with her family members, helped many Jewish people escape from the Nazis during the Holocaust in World War II by hiding them in her home. "Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?" A spare tire is used only in emergencies. Pulled out [...]
