Be like the bird, who
Halting in his flight
On limb too slight
Feels it give way beneath him,
Yet sings
Knowing he hath wings.
-by Victor Hugo
Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 63:7
Archive for February, 2008
Like the Bird
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cease Striving
Posted in My Walk on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the kitchen table, I take in stripes of color under a heavy winter sky. Hope for what has been predicted to be the coldest day of winter. He paints on the horizon in violet and orange and my heart hears His words. “Be still and know that I am God.” I turn to my [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day
Posted in Family Life on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love [...]
Sick Day
Posted in Uncategorized on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Holding a feverish one on my lap. Still in my own pajamas as I fight off whatever hit me and sent me to bed at 7:00 last evening. Still, He reminds me to give thanks…
…for the warmth of this home - physical warmth, yes - but most of all for the warmth created by a husband who set all aside [...]
This is His best…
Posted in My Walk, The Truth that Sets Us Free on February 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things? (Romans 8:32)
This is His best. These words keep running through my mind. When weariness sets in, tired thoughts, complaining thoughts, faithless thoughts, discouragement…
More snow. More cold. I [...]
Straightaway
Posted in Family Life on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m still giggling…
So we’ve been studying the Ocean in our geography book. Each chapter includes a wonderful section entitled, “Reaching Out to His World” that relates the topic at hand to a ministry work going on somewhere on the globe. The ministry highlighted in the ocean chapter was Mercy Ships. The kids were fascinated to learn about the floating hospital that [...]
