For the past 10 years of our 36 year marriage, my husband and I have slept in different rooms. I resisted that for several years, but finally we decided we really had to sleep apart if either of us were to sleep well—I snored, his legs twitched. I cried myself to sleep, pouring out my …
Category Archives: Character of God
In Creative Hands
Tuesday night I made a purse out of loose ends I found around the house. I cut the body out of the legs of black cotton jeans, discarded when I was 40 pounds heavier. The zipper I ripped out of a fanny pack on which “Gold Strike” was embroidered. I don’t know what that phrase …
Take No Good Thing for Granted
Creator-God, Father, Today we would take no part of your good creation for granted. We thank you for lungs that absorb your oxygen and release our carbon dioxide. We thank you for hearts that keep up the rhythm for our pulsing blood. We thank you for bones that fortify us. We are grateful today for …