Last week Lindsay Willlis, was the speaker at our church’s monthly women’s worship service, Chick Night. Since I last blogged about why God allows pain, I wanted to share with you some of the thoughts that Lindsay shared at Chick Night. She called moments of pain, and moments of joy in our life “defining moments.”…
Why does God allow pain?
Tonight I watched “Love Comes Softly,” a Hallmark movie about a man and woman who get married because of their mutual need. The woman needs a husband to take care of her, (remember this movie is scripted in the wagon train days) and the man needs a mother for his daughter. The husband is a…
Flashback
Last night I was wandering through the grocery store, making my way around the numerous floral displays brought in for Valentine’s day. Apparently, most of the men in Cannon Falls pick up their flowers from Econo Foods, because there were enough bouquets there for almost every man in town. But, it wasn’t the flowers that…
Encouragement
The other day a friend emailed me. She knew I was being less than patient with my recovery following surgery. Patience is not my long suit. Those of you who know me can attest to that. Anyway, my friend, Kathy, sent me a Bible verse as encouragement. It was Psalm 59:16 which reads, “But as…
And the winner is . . .
I’m not much of a sports fanatic. O.K., I rarely watch a televised sports game. But, the Super Bowl? You have to watch the Super Bowl. People expect you to know what happened AND to have seen the commercials. So, I watched. O.K., I slept through the second quarter, but it seemed as though nothing…