Thoughts Along Life's Journey
At church this past Sunday I was talking with many friends after the service. One particular lady and I were in a long conversation, when her little girl tugged at her mother’s sweater and said, “Mommy, we have to get ready for Daddy.”… Continue Reading “Waiting For Daddy”
I returned to my Bishkek home last evening after another wonderful day in Kyrgyzstan. It was still daylight. As I walked past my window, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a very small white something glisten. I looked, and there… Continue Reading “When The Light Shines Brightest”
Yesterday I flew into London from Atlanta. We arrived on time but the pilot explained that we were in a holding pattern and would land momentarily. Sitting by a window I looked out and saw below us another plane. I looked up and there… Continue Reading “The Traffic Controller”
I am reminded this week that there are times in our lives when plans change or get halted altogether. Sometimes we don’t actually like the plans that have been arranged. In those situations we rejoice and perhaps heave a sigh of relief when it… Continue Reading “When Plans Get Changed”
No one on earth escapes hard times. Perhaps difficult situations cause us to feel stressed, frustrated, rejected, angry, trapped — or — perhaps nothing has happened at all. Perhaps life is going well for us, and yet, feelings of despair and loneliness come upon… Continue Reading “Does God Care That I’m Hurting?”
Contemplating God’s will, and trying to determine what that will is for our individual lives, is a question that comes to every Christian. We ask things like: What job or career does God want me to pursue? What church should I attend? Who should… Continue Reading “Knowing God’s Will”
I was able to take an afternoon this week and do something I love to do — work in the yard. Yes, I love it. I cut low hanging branches from my mother’s pecan and cedar trees, got rid of weeds around the fence, and… Continue Reading “Little But Big”
I turn on the television news and immediately see that it’s another typical week of watching evil unfold around the world. There’s continued uprising in Egypt, chemical attack in Syria upon their own people, a teenaged girl kidnapped but found in the mountains, a… Continue Reading “Where Is God In All Of This?”
This past week I took a flight from London to Atlanta. I’m in the States for six weeks taking speaking engagements in various churches. I’m also happily looking forward to working two days a week with the veterinary staff at Jones Animal Clinic… Continue Reading “An Unruly Passenger”
Yes or No. It has to be one or the other. No one can ever say “yes” and “no” to the same question. That thought came to me this week as I was reading in the Old Testament book of Jeremiah. In the… Continue Reading “Saying Yes”
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