Tag: Hope

  • The Lord Spoke to Job in a Storm

    The Lord Spoke to Job in a Storm

    My heart reaches out to the people in Western North Carolina.  The devastation is unlike anything I’ve seen.  I feel a deep emotional connection to the places that Helene has destroyed.  Even The Flowering Bridge of Lake Lure I wrote about in June (The Best Way to Cross to the…

  • “What happened to the sun?”  asked the two year old

    “What happened to the sun?” asked the two year old

    Last week, I was at Emerald Isle with my family.  In addition to my delight in being with my children and grandchildren and their spouses and partners, I received a neat lesson on the spiritual life.  I was holding one of my grandsons, J.B., who is two and a half. …

  • When we cry out, “This is enough, Lord.”

    When we cry out, “This is enough, Lord.”

    When you find yourself in spiritual desolation and feel like saying, “This is enough, Lord,” there is one question to ask: Who’s voice am I listening to – is it the voice of the Good Angel, or someone else?

  • Hope for the throw aways

    Hope for the throw aways

    If God can do something so miraculous to a discarded pit, just think what God can do with you.

  • Healing the wounds in the desert of my soul

    Healing the wounds in the desert of my soul

    To find healing in the present, we need to let God heal the wounds of the past.

  • Time to turn to the untier of knots

    Time to turn to the untier of knots

    Let Mary, the Untier of Knots, help you with the ‘knots’ in your life.

  • Giving a reason to hope

    Giving a reason to hope

    How can you “always be ready to give a reason for your hope”?

  • Hope for a “Lost Boy”

    Hope for a “Lost Boy”

    Two symbols of hope that have followed me throughout my life.

  • Food for the Captives

    Food for the Captives

    What is keeping you from being ‘highly favored and blessed’?

  • A shoot shall sprout…

    A shoot shall sprout…

    Spend a few moments looking for those ‘shoots’ sprouting from the ‘stumps’ of your life.