Category: A Faith in Process

I’m having a slow, hard recovery after this gum surgery. There may be reasons. I don’t remember this much pain with my last cancer surgery. Of course, my meds were much stronger. And it was a long time ago; 20/20 hindsight may be just a bit rosy. And I was a lot younger. No, it’s…

I’m all done and home. Things went a little better than expected. They gave me a radio and earphones but nothing really drowns out the sound of industrial dental machinery in your head. I’m all numb and not allowed to eat until the Novocain wears off. And I’m not supposed to talk (like that’s going…

This past week has been hard. The dizziness came back in full force. All I wanted to do was put my head down somewhere and leave it there. But I couldn’t, because … This past week has also been busy. All I wanted to make sure the chores were done enough so I didn’t have…

What do you do when your computer refuses to type what you want, and makes stuff up on its own? What do you do when your computer refuses to let you delete anything – its writing or yours? You treat it like a cranky toddler. You give it a time out until it can play…

What would you do if you knew you could not fail? Robert H. Schuller That’s a hard question. Let’s tear it apart. What would you do … DO [verb]: perform an action, achieve or complete something, act or behave in a specified way No matter what you do, work at it with all your might….

God doesn’t live in a man-built temple. “The God who made the world and everything in it, this Master of sky and land, doesn’t live in custom-made shrines or need the human race to run errands for him, as if he couldn’t take care of himself. He makes the creatures; the creatures don’t make him….

… to make a quilt. … to train a puppy. … to bake good bread. … to plant a garden. … to fix a car. … to write a blog. … to answer prayer. If you don’t have all the wisdom needed for this journey, then all you have to do is ask God for it; and…

I heard this for the first time yesterday. I don’t think they omitted any situation where praise was not the reason … or the answer … or the perfect response. This song stuck with me, so I’m sharing with you.

Because praise is the right answer, no matter the circumstances . . . or storm.

David says the final answer to all the questions is Yahweh, Jehovah, the Great I AM, the Triune, Giver of life, Ruler over everything. Psalm 103: 19-22 NLT 19 The Lord has made the heavens his throne;    from there he rules over everything. 20 Praise the Lord, you angels,    you mighty ones who carry out his plans,    listening for each of his commands.21 Yes,…