From What I Have Seen Until Now

Challenge My sweat glands worked a little too prolifically in my teen years, if you know what I mean. Yep. That. The conspicuous wet circle around the armpit. Devastating for a teen surrounded by those who didn’t ever seem to have an issue. Triple digit weather every summer in my childhood California town kept mine…

Everything will be OK in the end. If it’s not OK, it’s not the end.

I can’t believe I made such a stupid mistake. I am such a failure. I can’t do anything right. I should just give up. I bet everyone around me agrees. The thoughts and feelings are so real they must be true. I always thought so until I became friends with Mary and Jane, the kind…

What do I learn when I hang out with God? The same thing you learn when you hang out with your friends. Things like what kind of personality and character they have. Are they: –          sincere and believable? –          honest? –          trustworthy? –          hardworking –          an introvert or extrovert? –          kind and compassionate? –          Do…

Tears filled my eyes as I knelt over the dead praying mantis. I met him three nights earlier as my daughter pulled into the garage after picking me up from the airport.  “Be careful when you get out. A giant thing flew in as we were leaving, and something else just a little smaller followed…

My favorite morning walk is on a path outside my subdivision. The “path” is a sidewalk up the rise from a wash (think dry creek bed). In the spring blossoming flowers and trees arise from the most unlikely plants. It’s beautiful and is a good place to hear God’s voice. After several months of weather…