“If we knew how great the grandkids would be we’d have had them first!” some people say. For a parent exhausted and discouraged by years of struggling with just getting it right for a day, even one hour of grandparenting can feel lile the balm of Gilead! What can be more refreshing than pushing your…
Category: Eternity
Today’s Service
In my quiet time this morning it was as if God held up a mirror to show me how little I valued those moments compared to Him. Yes I lingered for a brief prayer and spent time in His word; but all the while the wheels of my mind were sprinting ahead towards my future…
Heaven’s Treasures
I dreamed I was at heaven’s door I heard its hinges creak Around its frame a light shone out As it opened for the King “What have you brought?” He asked “From your time on earth now through” I didn’t know what I could say I just had to tell the truth So I…
Sleeping in Harvest?
More years ago than I care to share I remember helping friends with putting up hay. Though they had begun early in the morning the 1700 bale count was just too many for them to finish alone. The hay was perfect and lay in endless numbers on the field but on the horizon loomed dark…
Lost to us but Present with God!
We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord 2 Corinthians 5:8 This week we said good-bye both physically and spiritually to my God Mother. My Aunt Helen was a blessing, a fixture, a must phone call at Christmas and a favorite of our family…
