The race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; …..nor does success always come to those with the most intelligence….. Ecclesiastes 9:11 NET [Tweet “You’ll never know what you can do until you try, try again. #downsyndrome #perseverance”] In the “old days” (1970 and before!) […]
Life is many things; but one thing it isn’t- is easy. God is many things; but one thing He isn’t -is uncaring. In my walk of faith- I don’t struggle with if God CAN- I wonder if He WILL…. Here’s my Psalm to the One who Can and Will- because of His great […]
It’s a fact of life. Crap: A necessary byproduct of this earthy life. Let’s not forget we don’t get beautiful roses without dunged dirt. If there is “a day” where things will unravel, pressure will be percolating, trouble will be teeming, or chaos will be cavorting; for a pastor and family- Sunday is a […]
I think….. I believe….. I read on Facebook…… The evening news reported……My friend said……A recent book I read enlightened me…….The newspaper story alleged……..Statistics prove…..Barna and Bailey Survey reports……My textbook declared…..My teacher informed me ….. Who Cares What God Thinks? Certainly not any sources mentioned above and especially not the National Enquirer or […]
Growing up in a small, rural town of 750, I still get a bit nervous while navigating my way around Kansas City. Whew! I hate when I don’t know where I’m going. I fear I’ll get lost. I especially dislike tons of turbo traffic with merges and off ramps- it has the ability to […]
I might have saved the best for last. 😉 EVERY GOOD GIFT COMES FROM ABOVE- 22- Understanding- Bite my tongue- swallow those words- engage heart and head first! 23- Investment– the investments we make ripple through eternity- Marley confronts Scrooge with this eternal truth in the Christmas Carol. “Mankind was my business. […]
[Tweet “We make a living by what we get- we make a life by what we #give. #CHRISTmas”] I love to give gifts- but that silly money thing gets in the way so many times. $$$$ Sometimes I indulge in dreaming what I could do with a lottery win. (of course you have to […]
The Bible- and experience- teaches us it truly is more blessed to give than receive. I’ve found giving the “best” gifts DO NOT require money. Rather, the price of giving – the dearest cost- is counted and measured by “sacrifice of self”. Here are 31 free, but priceless gifts I’ve discovered I can […]
Ah- Sweet- precious- naive Bethany. What’s a mother to do???? Soooooo, Bethany’s latest escapade is matchmaking. Enter Daniel__________. Great Guy! Single. Enjoyable. Kind. Loves God. 27ish. Good Looking. (I can say that because I’m old enough to be his mother. 🙂 I guess you could say he’s the “total package”. (Yes girls- […]
Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are ALL the work of Your hand. Isaiah 55:4 October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Down Syndrome- a new world- a new journey- a new understanding I was 40 when I finally met someone with down syndrome. We named […]
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. Isaiah 55:8 NLT Bethany’s quirky thinking never ceases to surprise me- (but God’s not surprised by our “human” thinking.) We may be created in His image but even the most brilliant thinkers thought processes […]
Ordinary. Normal. Typical. Mainstream. When Bethany was born, I cried, worried, obsessed about her future and what it would look like. I just wanted her to fit in. To be “normal”. Normal. Ordinary. Like everyone else. Oh, brother! What in the world was I thinking? I never wanted our other kids to […]
“You are the light of the world–like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. Matthew 5:14 Our baby- the youngest of 7- blew out 16 candles last month! what? Yep- Bethany is Sweet 16….. In March, I’d thrown a big dance party for my Dad’s 90th birthday and Bethany was enraptured. […]
Jeff, Bethany, and I settled in our seats, with a mega bucket of popcorn and drinks, escaping the heat of the day to enjoy the newly released movie- FINDING DORY. (sequel to Finding Nemo) Warning- Total Spoiler- Don’t read if you don’t want to know 🙂 Finding Nemo was BB (Before Bethany 😉 […]
I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for Me? Jeremiah 32:27 We recently celebrated our 36th anniversary! We had such a lovely time in Kansas City- 24 hours of much needed get away to just enjoy one another. Looking at our pictures- you would think we’re worry free- […]