I had a new first love every week in junior high. My fickle-self could fall in and out of love easily until I found my first true love – then I married him. When we first met – it was love at first wink. You know how it is when you first fall in love, right? We can’t spend enough time together, hang on every word and believe … [Read more...]
Undying Love
The tangled love story of Hosea and Gomer portrays God’s passionate love for His people. It begins with Hosea receiving the unusual instruction from God to take a wife – a harlot. Sounds absurd I know, but it has a beautiful purpose. So the prophet and the prostitute enter into holy matrimony and he gives the fallen lady … [Read more...]
Christmas Magnified
What are you experiencing most during the Christmas season? Is it the hope-peace-joy-love in the advent of holy preparation, or the more to-dos adding to an already overwhelming list? So, what can we do to exchange the pace of the season with the peace of the season? Cluttered schedules may not be the only thing that steals … [Read more...]
Love Written in Red
The many expressions of love in a day . . . The little boy runs through the door and captures my heart with the one made from construction paper. Love written in crayon. An added treasure to my memory box. A sheltering friend sends a God-text. The scripture anecdote for the troubling moment. A cyber love note to make my … [Read more...]