NEVER TOO OLD  Even in old age [the godly] will still produce fruit. Psalm 92:14a (NLT) The choir began to sing the Doxology while a small, elderly woman approached the microphone with trepidation. Was she really going to sing a special vocal with the choir? She appeared to have a nervous expression on her face [...]

HE NEVER CHANGES  “But You are always the same; your years never end.” Psalm 102:27 (NLT)        Last weekend I had the privilege of stepping back in time as I took my husband to see the Illinois homestead where I lived until the age of 10. We traveled to Iowa for a meeting [...]

 WHY CRY WHEN YOU CAN LAUGH?  “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.”   Proverbs 17:22 (NLT) My late husband, Jeff, lived many years with several chronic maladies and endured a multitude of procedures.  He always found the humor in the situation with descriptions such as, “having an enema with [...]

GET MOVING! Exodus 13:15 “Why are you crying out to me? . . .get moving!” After the Lord led the Israelites out of Egypt, He told them to camp beside the Red Sea.  But they were dismayed when the Egyptian army could be seen in the distance chasing after them.  The people panicked and blamed [...]

“He rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Quiet down!’ Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. And He asked them, ‘Why are you so afraid? Do you still not have faith in me?’” Mark 4:39-40     Traffic slowed to a crawl on the interstate as the ominous looking clouds [...]

I watched in wonder as the mother cat carried her kittens by the scruff of the neck, one by one, to their new location.  Each kitten went limp with submission and trust as it was carried.  Was God teaching me a lesson through these kittens? For thirty years I depended on my husband for various [...]

TREADMILL HAMSTER My husband and I sometimes go to the gym together on a Sunday afternoon to get some much needed exercise. There are a variety of options there, but I always start out on the treadmill. I am a walker, not a runner, so I adjust the speed and the incline to make a [...]