Waiting and Watching

 
To be in a state of waiting and watching is so very appropriate considering the season we are in.  My days have been ticking by, a blur of snow (lots of it), Advent musings, and waiting.  Waiting for things I can define and for things I cannot.  It is a strange season of life for [...]

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Wonderful, Merciful Savior

Today is our second wedding anniversary.  Which feels a little surreal actually!  Two years that have been full and yet flew.  Today I have been thinking of all that this day held two years ago and the joy we shared together and with so many others we love.  One of the songs sung at our [...]

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Not One Forgotten

This morning I was walking to the back door (which has a full glass panel) to let our dog Polly out one last time before I had to leave.  Just as Polly and I approached the door, there was a very loud thud.  Polly looked down at the bird that was now lying there, cocked [...]

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The Straight Path of Prayer

I have been thinking a lot about prayer and miracles this week.  One of my earliest recollections of considering my prayer unanswered is my thirteenth birthday.  I had been praying diligently for a dog.  Along the dramatic lines of ”Dear God, puh-leeeesse give me a dog!  Please, please, pretty please.”  Not only did I not get a dog, [...]

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