Minutes to Moments

Did you hear the news about the people who were hurt and killed at Walmart yesterday?  It breaks my heart for their families.
I’ve only been out shopping in the pre-dawn hours of Black Friday once, and my experience was very different.  My family and I drove from St. Louis to Allen, Texas (outside Fort Worth) [...]

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.  Hebrews 13:2
The kind stranger sitting next to me would be a dear friend by the end of the day.
Yesterday I sat in a booth at a trade show next to the cashier.  Her daughter-in-law was one [...]

“Let those who are friendly with you be many, but let your advisers be one in a thousand.”  Sirach 6:6
Choose your friends wisely.  Life has shown how fleeting some friendships can be.  We can be easily hurt by someone we once considered a confidant.  So, while we will meet many people in a lifetime, only [...]

Can a woman forget her nursing child, or show no compassion for the child of her womb?  Even these may forget, yet I [the Lord] will not forget you.  Isaiah 49:15
My first-born child started high school last week.  As I drove by the school the other day, I realized she was inside, and I felt a [...]

You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was brought to completion in his works.  James 2: 22
Faith and action go hand in hand.  In this chapter, James laments those who are of great faith and yet do not reach out to help others, and also those who do good deeds [...]

God said, “this is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:  I have set my bow in the clouds and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.”  Genesis 8: 12-13
A covenant is [...]

You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger.  James 1:19
Whoa! This is a tough one where mothering is concerned.  The kids will create messes that need to be cleaned, pierce our hearts with their criticism, and make choices in life that appear crazy at [...]

Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow.  James 1:17
One gift our children give us is the gift of our becoming a selfless giver.  The helpless, perfect being placed in our arms needs constant care, to [...]

My brothers and sisters whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy.  James 1:2
Trials and tribulations are a staple of the mom’s life.  Our days are filled with care and concern for our offspring, and our thoughts are divided between our children, our work and our needs.
But would we have it [...]

A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36: 25
Motherhood changes everything.
Our vision of life expands and deepens to include and sometimes focus exclusively on this other [...]