My husband and I are planning to attend our church’s Good Friday services. At the beginning of the week I asked about inviting our Young Adult Small Group over afterwards. We would usually meet on Sunday night but had cancelled so we could all be with our families on Easter. As I was talking…

  Today I got to see a friend I hadn’t seen in a number of months. She told me about feeling like she was in high school because one friend found out that she had gone to lunch and shopping with another friend and wasn’t speaking to her because of it – these are ladies…

Psalm 84:5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. As I read this verse I was reminded of the words of a song quoting another verse that says, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end.” (Lamentations…

Some weeks I see my granddaughter several times and some weeks not at all, depending on our schedules. This week I have gotten lots of “Stella” time. This is partly because her uncle is home for the week and partly because I babysat one night. What I have observed in my time with this little…

It’s Lent. In the past three days I have talked to someone who has “given up” going out to dinner, someone who has “given up” all sweets, and today, someone who has “given up” all chocolate. Today’s encounter was the most  interesting. I was in the presence of this woman for about a half an…

I have been told and even experienced the truth of the teaching that God blesses obedience. Today I have joy in the Lord over a weekend spent in His service. I am tired but it is a “good tired” because God blessed me all weekend as He taught through me and He continues to bless…