Category: The Library
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Isolation
I have spent the last week cuddling and snuggling and holding and praying with these little ones who are so sick. I’ve rubbed feet that fall asleep, massaged legs that ache, kissed fiery foreheads, rocked sleeping bodies, scratched backs, snuggled under blankets, watched movies with three heads on my lap, and slept in beds with…
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Tunnels Revisited
Over a year ago as I walked through the dark tunnel of chemotherapy, I wrote about my tunnels. Months later I entered that blog as a possible submission to Proverbs 31 Ministries to be used in their radio broadcast. It was one of several selected, and last week it aired as a short encouragement on…
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Of Doctors And Idiots And House Calls
The ministry of doctors and nurses appeared to me more than ever before as a divine thing then, and I felt that our Lord Jesus, beholding them, must love them, and greatly desire to work together with them, laying His hand upon theirs as they work, in guidance and benediction. (~Amy Carmichael) So. if you’ve…
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Sickness Comes On Horseback…
…but leaves on foot. (Ancient Proverb) My hubby is on day 6 of the flu and finally feeling better although very tired. My buddy is on day three. Bear and Bella are on day one. I find it ironic that I am the only healthy one in the house. Brian said it best, “If you…
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Trust, Rust and Polish
Yesterday morning I spent the 45-minute drive to the hospital singing Jason Mraz’s “Life Is Wonderful”. I do love that song! I love the part that says, “And it takes some fears to make you trust. It takes some tears to make it rust. It takes the rust to have it polished.” So I sang…
A Spring of Joy 