When The Raindrops Fall

Over the past few days, I’ve had some of those recurring thoughts. I think you know the ones I’m talking about. “I’m a pretty awful mama.  I shouldn’t have yelled at her like that.” “What kind of mother am I?  I can’t even make a meal that my child will eat?  It’s my...

Synchrony

A few years ago, Scott and I went to a local air show. Scott’s father is a pilot, so he grew up around airplanes and different aspects of aviation.  As such, he was less enthralled by the stunts of the pilots than he was at the childlike enthusiasm of his wife, who...

Behind Closed Hearts and Doors

(Originally posted in October 2010, and still relevant today.) I’ve recently been fascinated by different documentary-type shows about hoarding. It is interesting to me to see the way the people are living and to see how their illness has affected the people around...

Calm

After all of my thinking and meditating over the past few days on the idea of storms within my spirit, I chuckled a little this morning when I saw that my devotional plan led me to this passage for today. That day, when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us...