I enjoyed a lovely lunch with a dear friend who epitomizes grace, although she probably wouldn’t agree. She is one of those people who has suffered so deeply it’s hard to understand how she is still standing upright, much less smiling and serving others with compassion. She is deep. Deep…
It will come as no surprise that since I wrote about peace my life has been anything but peaceful. Seriously, why is that? Whenever I…
Recently I took my 5 sweeties out to dinner. It was an unexpectedly delightful evening. I even had a lady come up to the table…
I’m sitting on the deck of a beach house in the Outer Banks. It is simply beautiful. I have a deadline for a writing project…
Lately it seems that everyone I know is going through something. Not little things…big, giant, crushing things. It feels like every day a new heartbreak…

“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior…Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you. ” Isaiah 43:1-4