We are all chosen. We are all blessed. We are all amazing. But we are not all alike. God, with His infinite imagination, created each of us to be one of a kind, with an endless variety of dreams, abilities, talents and experiences. Because, if two people are alike, it is said, one of them…
Category: A Faith in Process
Notes from the Journey
Christmas Candles
A candle is a small thing. But one candle can light another. And see how its own light increases, as a candle gives its flame to the other. You are such a light. Moshe Davis Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. Anne Frank Like a tiny candle in…
You are Chosen!
Many of us have had the playground experience of being chosen last or nearly last. What a blow to a child’s developing self-worth. The subtle message is “I-don’t-really-want-you-but-I-have-to-take-you-anyway-because-it’s-the-rules.” That hurt can last, coloring life with the pain. And it can’t be pretended away. But here is the good news. God chose you – first! You…
You are Blessed!
Matthew 5:3-9 The Message 3 “You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule. 4 “You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you. 5 “You’re blessed when…
You are Amazing!
There’s an amazing person I want to make sure you don’t miss truly meeting. The one and only glorious you that you look at each day in the mirror . . . full of the most interesting experiences, delightful quirks, honest hurt, inspiring resilience, hilarious family oddities, and absolutely astonishing reflections of our heavenly Father….
The 1st Gift
I don’t know your backstory. I don’t know much about your childhood or your journey up until now. But I do know this. You are alive because God wants you alive. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book.Every moment was laid out before a single day had…
On Your Mark, Get Set …
SHOP! What happened? Just one day after a feast celebrating all we have been given, we charge into a buying frenzy for things we “want” or “need.” What changed? Our focus. Turns out that having enough isn’t enough. And sometimes “more” isn’t enough either. Anyone might think that Christmas is about stuff. But is it?…
From the Minds of Children
The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face. Unknown ****** My 2-year-old son called charcoal briquets “barbe-cubes.” ****** My 3-year-old was fascinated with numbers – and breathtakingly good at math. Watching him one day my friend, said, “Oh, J-! What are you going to be?” J- replied,…
Living Our Gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving!
“The root of joy is gratefulness…It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.”Brother David Steindl-Rast O God, we thank you for this earth, our home; for the wide sky and the blessed sun, for the salt sea and the running water, for the everlasting hills and the never-resting…