Shining Moments

How do you learn to believe again    when your trust has been broken? How do you learn to trust once more   when, in the past, that trust has been shattered? I think it’s important to walk through the experience of forgiveness    and to be willing to every day...

Shining Moments

Down deep in my heart     the ocean waves continue to splash and crash against the rocks. The cry of the seagulls fill the air    and the cold wet sand is beneath my feet. Although I write today from my room in Virginia   I hold tightly those memories to time spent at...

Come Apart Before You Come Apart

  Elijah had his Cherith. It was the last place he wanted to be but there he rested and God provided for him. His flight from Queen Jezebel left him depleted, depressed and defeated. Have you been there? Life can overwhelm and leave the best of us without strength to...

A Season Is Not Forever

Every morning I woke to his song. Yes, even when my bedroom was still cloaked in darkness my canary sang good morning greetings. And I loved it. He chirped around from morning to night cheerfully content with his life. As a result my life was happier just having this...

The Relaxing Power of Music

It was a gray day inVirginia. The low hanging clouds and chill in the air gave a whisper that autumn was on its way. And although autumn brings to mind football games and crunchy apples, on this particular day my spirits dragged.  The passing of my Mom brought a...