Good morning… I am grateful that my small group of college friends are gifted at keeping in touch, even after thirty years. We are spread throughout the country. Ohio and Pennsylvania. Indiana and Illinois. Maryland and Georgia. Arizona and Virginia. Recently, I reached out to one college friend I had not talked with for a while. Living in Ohio, [...]
Good morning... I love my horse farm. Actually, I believe mine might be the best kind of horse farm around. First, I do not own it, so I do not have to pay the bills. Second, I am not the caretaker, so I do not have to feed the gorgeous animals, maintain the pristine fields, or attend to any [...]
Good morning... Henri Nouwen's Daily Meditation from 11.18.15 deepens my understanding of how we are to live as Christians during these troubled, tumultuous times. Nouwen wisely explains, "Ministry is acting in the Name of Jesus. When all our actions are in the Name, they will bear fruit for eternal life. To act in the Name of Jesus, however, doesn't [...]
Good morning... The video I posted yesterday of two Asian children performing a moving rendition of "You Raise Me Up" means profoundly more to me now than it would have before. You may or may not know, but this school year our family is hosting a fifteen year old Chinese student. With our oldest two kids away at college, [...]
Good morning… A "sue2you" subscriber shared this video of two innocent voices singing God's power. In the midst of our internal, relational, and international struggles, touch on this link and be raised up. http://www.wimp.com/you-raise-me-up-talent-show/ But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in [...]
Good morning... “I am the Lord, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me?" Jeremiah 32:27 (NLT). The LORD asks a good question. Do we believe anything is too hard for God? Derailing the evil schemes of terrorists. Is that too hard for God? Freeing people from disease and addiction. Is that [...]
Good morning... She wrote: "Sue, with Paris on my heart, I was reading Psalm 64 today. See if God leads you to write a devotional concerning the Paris massacre & the hope of Psalm 64. I especially love the Amplified version of this scripture." So, I prayerfully ponder her request and am drawn back to God's gift of the [...]
Good morning... The bare branches of the almost-winter trees look painful to the eye. Vulnerable. Unprotected. Emptied to the core. The stick figure limbs cry out, "Life has stripped me naked." Even Jesus related to the winter trees as he hung in the dark upon the cross. From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the [...]
Good morning... Last week, I called a "mimosa morning" for my Friday Bible study class. Hosting small groups in my living room each day, I reserve the right to call a "mimosa morning" whenever the Spirit moves me. The Spirit moved me last Friday because significant highs and lows aligned. First, we sold our old home last week after [...]
Good morning... "There is a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing," says the third chapter of Ecclesiastes. To me, it seemed like a good time to refrain. While we were reconnecting one evening after a weekend apart, my husband went to the kitchen to get some water. What greeted him was a mammoth hot mess. [...]
