Emphatic trifles

I've carved out time, over the next month and a half to finish up something that I've been working on, and have given myself the deadline of September 1st. Even though I'm ahead of schedule, I feel like I need to pull up a new level of focus and commitment, because the closer I get,…

Dipped in God

I used to go to bed at night, letting my mind wander all over the place until I finally fell into a restless, fitful sleep. In those days, I always woke up still feeling tired. Sleep was necessary, but not refreshing or renewing. The more I began to focus my mind, especially right before I…

Our hopeful songs

Worry is such a waste of our lives. Trying to figure out how to deal with things that might be a problem in the future, is taking a step in the direction of creating the very situations that will have to be dealt with (if they do occur). Worrying about tomorrow also takes the life…

Time for new conversations

The other day, Jack and I were having a conversation (well really, I was talking and he was listening) about the family that I grew up in. I started to say something like, "You know how hard it has been for me, not ever really feeling accepted..." I stopped myself mid-sentence and said out loud,…

A special enterprise of God

I went to the eye doctor yesterday. I had broken a blood vessel in the same place last October and it seemed too odd not to have it checked out by someone who knew more about eyes than I did. I liked the doctor that examined me from the moment I met him. He was…

Internal compass

I visited my mother yesterday who has been ill for a couple of weeks. When I first saw her, I felt alarmed. She  looked scared; her skin was grey and she had  huge dark circles under her eyes. She hadn't wanted me to visit but when I insisted, I think that she was relieved. Toward…

Heavenly blessings

Last week, I was lying down on the couch talking with my sister on the phone, and about 5 minutes into our chat, I noticed that my sweater felt damp. I reached behind me and felt my back, and then the couch, and realized with some minor horror that both were wet. Obviously, one of…