Re-Post: Trust God?! Why Should I?
In the wake of child loss, it seems many parents, even believing parents, find their trust in God has been severely shaken. […]
Re-Post: Empty Stalls, Empty Beds
“I do not know what the Lord has planned for us. I rest in the fact that He is God and He […]
Revised Post: Angry At God
Anger is destructive. It is a nasty weapon in the arsenal of the Destroyer. How’s it working for you? Does it not […]
Re-Post: Looking Forward
Today, right this minute, the actual living Hans is not back there in the past. He is not here with me in […]
Re-Post: Thoughts on Psalm 84
I quietly went to our bedroom, closing the door behind me. And by the bedside, I prayed and calmly lay my son […]
Revised Post: Time. The Enemy?
“Time loses in the end because at the close of every day I am one day closer to seeing Hans again.” Click […]
Revised Post: The Butterfly
“…Because they are just butterflies, they do not know they have come into the house to die.” Click here to read the […]
New Friends
Originally published October 15, 2016 In these past nine months since Hans drove to the highway, I have dreamed of him only […]
Revised Post: The Facts
“This heavy sorrow is what I feel. It is not a reflection of what I, as a Christian, believe. I know where […]
Trust God?! Why Should I?
You are hanging from a rope over a yawning chasm. Your climbing partner has just plunged into the abyss right before your […]
Empty Stalls, Empty Beds
Most of the animals we keep were acquired when our children were young. Our oldest animal, a goat (The Old Lady), died […]
No More Sorrow by Miss Mary Slessor
Published in the Women’s Missionary Magazine [July 1908] Dundee City Archives http://womenofchristianity.com/no-more-sorrow-by-miss-slessor/ This article recounts the sad scene of the funeral of […]
Angry At God
Anger. We have all experienced it. For some it is a burning, churning, table-pounding rage. For others, it is more of a […]
Looking Forward
It would easy to spend all my time preoccupied with the past. The way it was. Looking at – no examining – […]
Cleaning House
NOTE: The following was written some time ago on a rather difficult day. I needed to get this out of my heart […]
