He's loved you since the get-go.

On a day that “LOVE is in the air”, I want to share this verse that I found comforting and just fell in LOVE with: Psalm 22:10, “I was thrust into your arms at my birth. You have been my God from the moment I was born.” Just the picture of being thrust into the arms...

Fill up and indulge

Bread and meat…now those are two requirements for my kind of meal.  In Exodus 29 I was reading about the ordination ceremony for Aaron and his sons.  When I came upon Exodus 29:33, it was either my mind or my stomach decided to camp on this verse. It may be a stretch,...

Just put them away!

“I’m Trying” That’s the name of a new section I’m going to be posting in every now and then. I guess I’m a little late on New Year’s resolutions, but the instances that I’ll be writing about don’t just pop into my mind on January first.  Usually when I made NY’s...

"Bite your tongue!"

Two weeks ago I was chewing a piece of gum. Out of nowhere my tongue must have gotten mistaken for my gum and I chomped down on it.  Ouch!!!! I bent down, put my hands on my knees, and went “hmmmmm” as I felt the pain. My tongue was swelling and bleeding.  Last week,...

The Gravel Road Scar

Do you have scars?  I have plenty. Some scars are visible, and some are not.  But, each scar can tell a story. One of the scars on my leg tells the story about the time I was about eleven years old.  I was riding my bike down our country road.  I had gotten cocky and...