This day makes me think of the phrase that God never gives us more trials than we can handle. Truth: I’ve been overwhelmed and ready to give up for a while now. But when I started to think I couldn’t take it anymore, today came along and left me smiling in spite of myself. After [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Pieces
Posted in 1 on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ladies day
Posted in Wanderings on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So in church this morning our pastor thanked all of the women in the congregation for being moms. He had the children deliver each of us a rose, and thanked us all for acting as mothers whether or not we had born a child. He made a connection, in that we all vow [...]
Lemon yellow
Posted in 1 on May 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We all know that life is complicated and challenging. Society has embraced all sorts of melodramatic platitudes about the difficulties;
look for the silver lining of your storm
when life gives you lemons, make lemonade
if it doesn’t kill you it makes you stronger.
And happily, I believe its true. You don’t know the true strength of a stone [...]