Monthly Archives: June 2022
This weekend I was privileged, along with hundreds of others in three separate concerts, to hear a piece of music by Balmages, a composer who wrote a piece called “Kiev, 2022–A Prayer for Ukraine.” Based on the Ukraine National Anthem, it was performed beautifully by the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra, a group dear to my heart. My husband…..
Birthdays are milestones, times of reevaluation, times to chart a course, time to reflect, and times to count blessings. I did that yesterday, among all the hustle and bustle of the day. Yes, there were flowers, balloons, candles, calls, emails, and even an audacious pin from my grandchildren reading: “Today’s My Birthday!”
I read in Jeremiah 1:5 God’s word to Jeremiah. Now he was being told he would be a prophet, but I can generalize this verse to mean God…..
Thought I’d catch you readers up on things going on.
I now have a date, too far in the future as far as I’m concerned, for my hip surgery. Must be others out there needing this good doctor’s services. I have two full months to put up with the hip pain that keeps me awake at night and miserable during the day. I realize I’ve lived a somewhat charmed life, physically. Most of my difficulties have been fixable in a…..
Redecorating is an ongoing business, it seems. Houses in our neighborhood are being built at a fast pace. It seems everyone wants to move to Florida. If houses are not being built from scratch, they’re being “refreshed,” or become fixer-uppers as people try to eek out every bit of space they can within four walls.
Summertime is a good time to reevaluate our lives, too. It’s a good time to reevaluate how we’re living. Is there “stuff” we haven’t used…..
Covenant Church is studying the topic “God’s Wisdom” this summer. Mostly based on Proverbs, but directing us to other scripture as well, we are thinking together about the contrast between God’s way of life and what the culture is saying, among other applications. In 2 Timothy 3:16-17 we read: “16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” Surely,…..
My computer screensaver changes every couple of days. Usually it’s a picture of a nature scene. This morning’s is especially refreshing. Picture mountain peaks in the background, lush grass and a sparkling pond in the center and tiny flowers bobbing in the sunlight in the place where I might be standing.
In a world which bombards me with challenges, and a body that is tethered by hip pain which I soon will address with surgery, it seems, I am discouraged…..
There are so many items in the news today that could cause us anxiety: the possible release of the Supreme Court decision on Roe vs. Wade, the economy, crime in our streets (is anywhere safe?), a possible assassination attempt on Kavanugh’s life, school shootings, monkey pox + another variety of Covid, and general malaise as we face $5.00 a gallon gas…..
Today we celebrate our Kaley’s eleventh birthday. She officially begins her second decade tomorrow, but since her birth, life has not been the same. God’s blessings are like that. They serve to remind us of His provision, His love, and His mercy in this mortal life. In the past ten years we have rejoiced to see…..
In 1997 I assigned a project to my students at McNair Middle School. I asked them to find a quotation about success, and to write about someone who became a hero and changed the world. We then gathered the stories into an anthology.
This week I heard students in the Satellite High School string camp play the music from “Star Wars.”…..