It is interesting how it can be difficult sometimes to remember what I ate for breakfast, while the memories of my trip to Italy with my parents when I was only 7 years old are so well ingrained in my mind!Take, for example, Castel Sant'Angelo -- Saint Angelo's...
While visiting Hopewell Furnace in Pennsylvania, we encountered a gentleman disguised as a union soldier. He explained that the Civil War took quite a toll on the soldiers. Most of us don’t spend much time dwelling on our eventual death, but soldiers, especially the...
"For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory. (Psalm 32:7 NLT)One sheet and four kitchen chairs made a perfect hiding place.Lovey was my maternal grandmother's half-sister. My memories of her are fading, but I do...
“The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever. The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.” (Ps. 29:10-11 NIV)Can you imagine having a principal in a school who did not do everything in his or her...
"And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, 'Peace! Be still!' And the wind ceased and there was a great calm." (Mark 4:39 ESV) "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will...
“Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament. Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.” (Psalm 5:1-2 NIV)I love this verse. It shows me that David spent time talking with his Heavenly Father. And if David, a man loved by God’s own heart...
As a classroom teacher, it always did my heart good to see how my students sometimes tried to “protect” me…Once, at the end of the school day, a students dad came unannounced to my classroom. By the look on his face I knew there was a problem. I wracked my brain to...