It seems my glasses are always dirty. I don’t even know where the stuff comes from that makes them that way throughout the day – pollution? I often don’t realize how dirty they are until I’m looking in a mirror. Once I clean them and put them back on and everything is much clearer I realize just how dirty they were. Ahhhh, it’s so much nicer to be able to really see. That’s better! Continue reading
I have to admit, some reality TV fascinates me…or at least captures my attention for a while. Last night my youngest daughter and I watched part the show “True Beauty” in which several models are in competition to see who is the most beautiful, who can become the “face of Vegas.” What they don’t know is that judges are watching what happens behind the scenes and deciding the winner based on inner beauty: their character and not their looks. Continue reading
This morning I have so many thoughts, lessons, convictions swirling around in my mind I felt a little overwhelmed as I drove into work. I talked with God about it but thought it would also help me to put some of them in writing.
I laid out a beautiful sermonette to John last night about how we need to trust the girls and God during these teen years when we can’t really control what happens and we oftentimes have to just sit, watch and pray. Then today I woke feeling anxious. God rewound the tape from my “message” last night and played it back right in front of me – the nerve! Living by my own words is tough today.
If I really trusted Him completely I wouldn’t worry. So, I’m practicing faith and trust, leaning on Him even though I still feel uncertain. Sometimes letting go hasn’t been that hard but there are days…
What if my daughters choose ways and lifestyles other than what I hope for them? Continue reading
Along the Narrow Path 