Journal the Journey

Joseph took Dad to the hospital on 12/14 because Dad’s medication for pulling fluid off his lungs (due to heart failure) was losing its effectiveness. He was having trouble swallowing soft foods and his breathing was labored. He was hardly sleeping. I hugged him tightly after Joseph helped him into the car and hot tears Continue reading

It’s been a while. I’m back, and have a little bit of catching up to do before I jump into the series of posts I’ve got coming your way. When I first started this blog many years ago, I titled it “Fifteen Minute Musings.” My vision for it was to be a space where I Continue reading

Still in her purple footed pajamas, the ones with a pattern of birds, clouds, and moons all over, she climbed up onto the unopened Target brand box of diapers and stood up straight. Eyeing the ground in front of her, she then squatted her toddler legs deep and jumped off with a smile. I watched Continue reading

To the lonely and hurting one on Valentine’s Day, I intended to write you much later tonight, if I could make the time for it amidst other things pressing. But I believe God wants to speak to you through me and He is so adamant in doing so that this is the reason I am Continue reading

Evelyn woke me up early this morning. Her beloved paci had fallen out of the crib. I entered the room and she smiled at me, knowing I was coming to the rescue. She stood at the corner closest to me and waited for me to find it. My preliminary search came up fruitless. She reached Continue reading

To those who noticed my daughters and me at the Cracker Barrel in Princeton, West Virginia on Monday, July 10, 2017: We almost didn’t eat there. We tried to eat at Sbarro at the travel plaza 30 miles prior, but they only had pizza ready and I wasn’t going to have them make pasta for Continue reading

In my last post, I talked about the importance of living out our faith as transformed children of God, dead to sin and alive in Christ. We are seeing this in Hebrews 10: God offers forgiveness through Jesus, and there is also judgment awaiting those who accept salvation through Jesus and then fall back into Continue reading

I found myself in Hebrews 10 last night, and the covenant promise seen in verses 15-17 led me to want to start my morning off in the same place in my Bible. In context, the promise comes after the writer explains so well that Jesus’ sacrifice makes us holy once for all time, so there Continue reading

I can’t believe this year is almost over. Thanksgiving is only four Thursdays away, and Christmas only nine Sundays. There’s something about seeing a new year peeking its head around the corner right in front of me – less than ten weeks away – that makes me reflect on where I am right now. My Continue reading

“[A] mindset of gratitude results in God’s people experiencing more of His love, presence, and liberty.” (-posted on Facebook by International House of Prayer) “I will give thanks to You, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonderful deeds.” (Psalm 9:1) Almost two weeks have passed since I spent two days Continue reading