I recently read Psalm 126 and I was struck by the idea that I don’t always live my life on the presupposition that God WILL provide good ‘fortune.’ I believe that God gives good gifts, but I think that I have begun to believe God gives little good treasures to
My email in-box has been inundated with clearance sales from all my favorite stores. Every day I am sand blasted with 40% off, 50% off — all the way to 70% off! It’s a shoppers dream! I admit I have been scouring online for the perfect deal. This morning as
The other night I ran into the local mall to pick something up. I had gotten what I needed and was hurrying back to my car when I saw her. She was holding fast to her mother’s hand, tugging with all the enthusiasm her tiny little body could exhibit. “Let’s
We once received a phone call from someone my husband and I knew a long time ago and our then teen-age daughter answered the phone. The person on the other end of the line seemed to know an awful lot about her, in her perception, and she informed us she