Following His Path To Something Beautiful
Why are you looking at me like that? I caught Charlie looking at me. Actually it was more like gazing. It made me a bit uncomfortable, because he wouldn't take his eyes off of me. So I asked him why he was looking at me like that? Because I love you. Here it is again. [...]
Be obedient. I’ll never forget the words as they were said to me, or the person who said them. They are words that have stuck with me. And obedience has pretty much been so simple for me. God leads, I follow. He says come, I’ll say how fast? It’s usually that simple for me. There [...]
I want to be the winner. My son is 4, and that is something that has frequently come out of his mouth. He loves to win, he wants to be first. We have had to gently talk to him about what winning truly looks like. Crossing the finish line first may mean that you were [...]
Have you ever lost anything? Your keys, your phone? This week I lost my debit card. I thought it was gone. I retraced my steps from my walk at the park, and I couldn't find it. I ended up getting it back after a nice person returned it to the store I had been in [...]
A few years ago I was on the boat with my parents, and as I was standing ankle-deep in the water I saw these things that were swimming around. I had never seen them before and they were weird. They were about the size of minnows but they seemed to have wings as they swam [...]
It was a moment I had dreamed about but I could never dream that the moment was as amazing as it was. I was in a room full of women, and the room was filled with an unspeakable joy. It was a joy that you could almost touch if touching joy was possible. Over 12 [...]
I’m reading a Christian novel about the Oklahoma City bombing, called To The Moon And Back, by Karen Kingsbury. Probably not the best thing for me to be reading right now, but there is something that caught my attention that I never have known before. The Survivor Tree. It is an American elm which is located on [...]
It's raining! No Charlie, it's not raining, the sun is out. This is just the snow melting. Why is the snow melting? Because the sun melts the snow. This is a typical conversation that I have with my almost 4-year-old son. Seemingly simple conversation, with deep treasures. I didn't realize during this conversation how desperately [...]
Summertime is one of my favorite seasons. After the Winter, it is nice to hear the laughter of children playing outside in their bare feet, the smell of fresh cut grass, the fragrance of flowers, and the welcoming of friends for backyard BBQ’s. Along with the fun parts of summer, warmer weather also means that [...]
A couple weeks ago, Mike was trying to get Charlie to jump in a pool, but Charlie was scared to jump if his dad wasn’t holding his hand. As Charlie stood at the edge of the pool with his life vest on, Mike kept saying I am strong and courageous, I won't be afraid over [...]
