Month: February 2000

The other day I moved around some furniture in a room, and in so doing I moved a lamp to a new location. I plugged it in, but when I went to turn the light on, the bottom part, which … Read more

Over the past few weeks I have really been convicted about the attitudes of many Christians today. This conviction has been the result of various sporting events that have taken place. (I apologize to those of you who may not … Read more

A little girl who is very important to me lost most of the sight in her right eye, due to an illness. In an effort to try to improve the vision in her weak eye, she had to wear a … Read more

While standing by my kitchen sink one morning, God walked by. It was 8:00 a.m., and in just a few moments I would be heading out the door. Car pool! My baby, three other children and I were due to … Read more

When I was serving in the navy, I noticed something that always bothered me. Guys who were married would take their wedding rings off to go out to clubs. They did it so that the women they met there would … Read more

As a newlywed, God is continually redefining my ideas of what marriage is in His economy. Having been married before, but without verification in Christ, I had relied on my husband for my identity. In him was my value. My … Read more

I recently bought a live worship CD, and the songbook which accompanies it. I've been sitting in front of the CD player, songbook spread open on my desk, guitar in my lap, fervently attempting to learn chord progressions I've never … Read more

Rebuke is pouring from my lips. Why am I so angry? My beloved wife is looking at me with a hurt expression in her eyes. She has done nothing that deserves this anger, but the emotion fills me. It is … Read more

I was driving around the city the other day when I suddenly noticed that the gas gauge on my dashboard was pointing right at empty. The light that warns me that I am running low on fuel had come on … Read more

Almost two months ago we were prepared to fly home from Florida. Just the night before, I had received a phone call: "Mom, I have Jessica at Sick Children's emergency room, and I just had to talk to someone." A … Read more