Wait Expectantly

With Christmas just 3 days away,  some faces are not radiant with happiness at the season. There are empty chairs around a festive table and one or more of those chairs will be empty at dinner. Some are tethered to their phone in hopes that today is the day the wayward child will call. Some…

      A recent trip to an amusement park with my grandchidren bought parallel to our current situation    I like a fast, swirling rides but I don’t do upside down and am not a fan of the “ship”.  You know the wide, long, boat shaped ride that swings like a pendulum back and…

   A social media post making the rounds points out that you have a 100% survival rate of surviving your worst days so far.  Those are excellent odds.  In the face of today’s news, social media posts and talking heads, it’s easy to forget that.  So much bad news is swirling around us. Many of…

   My heart is heavy this morning for our spiritual leaders and our governmental leaders.  What a heavy load it must be to make decisions that impact the health and welfare of hundreds of thousands of people.  We don’t have to look far to know that whatever decision is made, someone will be critical.  What…

   As these days wear on and we endure highs and lows, it is only human that we are weary.  I asked myself yesterday what I was missing most. I’ve been blessed to be able to see my local grandchildren. This week I know what I’m missing,  I was to be in Hawaii today.  That aside,  a…

     In my chronological One-year Bible, I read about David and Goliath today.  It’s a story every Christian kid has heard.  I’ve seen it multiple times on a flannel board.    Three months ago, none of us could have imagined the giant that has invaded our world.  Scientists tell us that it is much…