My seven-year-old said a convicting thing to me yesterday. “Whenever I am at school and I get nervous about anything, I just pray. And Jesus helps me. I pray all the time at school.” I smiled and encouraged and swelled in my heart with love for God who has made Himself so very real to…
Tag: Christianity
What Hurricane Katrina Survivors Taught Me
Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States ten years ago this week. I wasn’t in the storm, but I remember the people. After Hurricane Katrina, my husband and I volunteered at an old military base where authorities bussed many displaced people from New Orleans. These displaced citizens, my neighbors, were in a…
When People Don’t Properly Yield.
I get irritated when people slow down way too much at yield signs. I don’t honk or anything, but I explain to them why there is plenty of space for them to move into the oncoming traffic. They can’t hear me. But I still tell them. And then God started working an understanding of the…
Love in the Face of Hate
I read with shock the horror of Wednesday in Charleston. And I thought, “Oh no. Not again. Not again.” I read a list of names and prayed for each one, and each family, and each face I’d never seen. In utter shock, I couldn’t even cry. And then there was today. I saw three little…
When I Get an “F” in “Being a Good Christian”
At my children’s elementary school, several younger grades are transitioning to a grade system that is not based on numbers that relate to A+ all the way to F. Instead, each student is tested on specific skill sets and it is determined if s/he has mastered (M) the skill or is progressing (P) with the…
A Picture of What 