Every Day

Have you ever had that friend who never calls? It seems like you’re the one who always does the inviting, the calling, the organizing of a get-together. Once in a blue moon the friend would call you – because he/she needed something. Ugh. Have you ever had that friend? Have you ever been that friend?

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Standing Firm

Psalm 1:1-3

“Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on His law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither-whatever they do prospers.”

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Craving Peace

I am exhausted of this world.

I am sick and tired of this election, of these candidates, of the overwhelming indecency of society, of thoughtless and careless people, of rudeness and crudeness, of genuine hate and purposeful deceit. I am soul-deep weary of the struggle to push forward against the cacophony of chaos that exists everywhere. I am despondent…craving peace in a world that has forgotten the meaning of the word. Continue reading