“The word of the Lord came to me: ‘Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: When I bring the sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman, and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the…
We didn’t have much of an opportunity to prepare, and we certainly didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into; not many parents do with special needs children. He was only six weeks old when we brought him home with a feeding tube and six different medications to be administered around the clock. Only six…
Winter is l-o-n-g, and we are sitting dead center in it. The hoopla of the holidays has faded, and the chirps of birds and budding of new leaves are still several weeks in the future. This is the waiting time. Waiting for spring. Waiting for warmth. Waiting for the new life that always comes, but…
Praise to the Lord the Almighty, the King of creation! Oh, my soul, praise Him for He is thy health and salvation. All ye who hear now to His temple draw near. Join me in glad adoration. ~Excerpt from Praise to the Lord, hymn by Joachim Neander This hymn has long been a favorite of…
There was a song I used to listen to as a kid, by Harry Chapin, called “30,000 Pounds of Bananas.” It reminds me now, as a grown woman, of how life can so easily get out of control. The song is a story about a tractor-trailer hauling—you guessed it—30,000 pounds of bananas. It’s motoring adorably…
But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know…