Thoughts

A Toy Piano and the Promise of Eternal Life

  Triggers can be unusual, capricious things.  At least for me, they are almost always unwelcome. Last Wednesday, my trigger was a small, worn-out, Little Tikes piano. A toy piano like the one I started playing almost from the time I could sit up by myself. A toy piano like the one my grandpa tried to… Continue reading A Toy Piano and the Promise of Eternal Life

Thoughts

Desperate

Lord, We are a desperate people. We are desperate for safety and security.  We are desperate for health and material things. We are desperate for comfort. We are desperate for the wrong things. We snub and we rob. We demean. We grasp after our wants greedily and selfishly. Then we look outward and hear news.… Continue reading Desperate

Music · Uncategorized

Saturday Song: My Story

Caught this song for the first time as I was driving home.  Wonderful words -- the story of every believer in Christ. Listen to the song here If I told you my story You would hear Hope that wouldn't let go And if I told you my story You would hear Love that never gave… Continue reading Saturday Song: My Story

Thoughts

My Resurrection is Assured: Easter 2015

As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust... 1 Cor. 15:48a I am but dust.  This morning, I had not been awake five minutes when that familiar burning pain began again somewhere in my stomach area. Almost in the middle, but slightly to the left. "Please, stop.  I'm… Continue reading My Resurrection is Assured: Easter 2015

Photography · Thoughts

In Christ Shall All Be Made Alive

Thoughts

Lined with Gold

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Yesterday, as I was driving through the countryside from an out-of-town funeral, I looked down the road and saw a magnificent rain… Continue reading Lined with Gold

Thoughts

Christmas 2013: “I came that they may have life”

"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." John 10:10 I've said it many times before -- I hate death.  In fact, anyone that has breathed, I would guess, has said those words at least once... some years, more than once.  A… Continue reading Christmas 2013: “I came that they may have life”

Thoughts

The Lord is Risen