Traveling Light

I was in a coffee shop this morning and noticed they were selling coffee mugs. These were more like coffee mixing bowls. They were huge. Three normal 8 oz. cups would have fit in these mugs. Everywhere around us, we see the push for more, more, more. Bigger, bigger, bigger. In the food realm, restaurants [...]

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Under His Wings

I woke up this Lord’s Day with this gospel song going through my mind. I’ve been singing it all morning. If you are facing trials and anxiety in your life today, find shelter under the Lord’s heavenly wings. It is not in our own faith that we have confidence. Our hope and trust is in [...]

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Those Rays of Hope

Life can be difficult. The Lord told us in His Word that it would be that way for those who follow Him. But there are times when the Lord lets us see something that encourages us. He gives us just a glimpse of His handiwork and it gives us hope to go on in our [...]

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He Shall Feed His Flock

On the way to the library, we go down a road that takes us past a small farm where sheep are often grazing in the field. My children always laugh, because I invariably start singing Handel’s, “He Shall Feed His Flock”. Every time. I can’t help it. This spring the little lambs, one was black, [...]

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Till the Storm Passes Over

I remember a terrible storm that went through South Texas where I lived. I lived an hour and a half from South Padre Island in the Gulf and we had caught the edge of a hurricane. Seeing the rain blowing sideways and the trees bending nearly in half was quite a sight. My tiny house [...]

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These Are a Few of my Favorite Things…

Brown paper packages tied up with string are not part of my “favorite things” list. Everybody has their own set of things that bring a smile and a little lift of pleasure. Here are a few of mine:
1. Finding a new copy of Reminisce Magazine in my mailbox. A cup of chamomile tea up in [...]

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Remembering Grandpa

My Grandpa, Oscar C. Eliason, passed away when I was 17, but I remember him as though it was only yesterday. When I think of him, I smell woodsmoke from his kitchen stove that helped warm his rural Minnesota home on 40 degree below zero days, and I can see his plaid flannel shirt that [...]

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It’s Noisy Here, But Peace Beckons…

It is one of those God-ordained ironies that I have ended up with such a noisy life. I love solitude. I love cleanliness, quiet and peace. I need it to be able to think. But the Lord gave me five children to raise and my adult life has been spent with little fingerprints on my [...]

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