Count it joy
Count it joy is more than a suggestion for the Christian undergoing times of testing. It’s more than a virtue exhibited by a mature believer. Counting it all joy is a vital discipline in the life of the genuine follower of Christ. It is in believing the trial...
Can you call it mercy?
Why didn’t I think to call it mercy? Twenty-five years ago tomorrow, I gave birth to a miracle. In November 1993 I had nearly been killed in an interstate collision with an eighteen-wheeler. I was eight months pregnant with Molly at the time. Rushed to FGH in a...A Thankful Heart: Three Lessons in Gratitude
As a good southern girl, along with lessons in making cornbread, the proper wearing of white, and saying ma’am and sir, I learned to write thank you notes. I was expected to express my appreciation in person for any thoughtfulness. But I would send a hand-written card...Planting Hope: Finding hope in death
Accepting the death of a child is hard. Seeing hope in death is even more difficult. A recent experience with ailing flower bulbs helped me learn that finding hope in death comes when we’re able to view burial of someone we love as planting with the expectation...Little Women Revisited
Little Women has long been one of my favorite books. When I read it the first time, I was probably the same age as Amy March, the youngest of the four sisters, at the beginning of the story. Now, for my most recent foray into the lives of the March family, I’m the...Laughter: The Lighter Side of Life
We know when tears entered the human race. It’s impossible to imagine Adam and Eve, banished from paradise, dry-eyed and unmoved as they packed for a home among the thorns. Laughter? We don’t have the slightest clue about the first joke, mishap, or self-deprecating...
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