I know. I have done this too, constantly cataloging my worries. They play through my mind over and over like a checklist of doom, sucking up all the light. Sometimes I write them down to try to get them out of my head and then they are just there on the page, staring up at … Continue reading An exercise in peace
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Is. 26:3 You know, Jesus, that when I pray for peace, I’m actually saying, “Jesus, please take away all this mess and chaos. Please bring calm. Please get me out of this.” All right, You know that when … Continue reading Right here
Daughter, Fifteen. I can hardly believe it. While you are sleeping in on your birthday, I am watching the sun rise and thinking back to when you arrived. You don’t realize it now, how much we anticipated your coming, how we longed for your arrival. After your older brother, we couldn’t seem to get pregnant … Continue reading To my daughter on her fifteenth birthday
View from the Valley 