Father’s Day 1982 was and is memorable. I was working in Virginia and called my dad to wish him a happy Father’ day. We had an extended phone conversation and laughed at a number of things which a father and son share. He thanked me for the gift I sent. We had a custom of […]
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The Gift Of Listening
“How is your day going,” brings a smile on ZOOM when one participant asks that question and then listens, without interruption. Poet John Albert Holmes said, ‘It’s well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.’ True compassion connects us to the grief of others. A […]
A Beautiful Day
Back in November 2019 while, according to some data, the Corona Virus was developing; another part of our life was already literally showing “A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood.” According to some reviewers Tom Hanks portrayed Mr. Rogers. Persons of diverse decades and even generations made sure that the original show punctuated and enflamed their […]
The Next Day — The Day After
Hopefully, like many, we await, yearn for “the day after” this current situation ends. While we are discovering new ways of relating, we miss the old ways. A buddy of mine just shared one of the things we miss is hugging our kids and grand kids! Until then, the “next day” provides hope to reach […]
Happy Easter
Happy Easter! Easter is the greatest feast we celebrate in the calendar year. My whole faith depends on this one single event. I, and many others, believe Christ died for our salvation, but if He had never risen, who would have followed Him? I believe He did rise from the dead, proving He is God […]
Holy Saturday
This term, in my Christian tradition, was given to this day. This is one of those “in between,” days — Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We know what has happened and are not certain what will happen. This uncertainty nestles in either fear or hope. Fear that the past will continue and hope that there […]
Now
How much longer will this go on? When will go out of our quarantine, when will we have birthdays, weddings, meals with the rest of the family? When will play with the rest of the family? When will we go to church, libraries, restaurants, and ? While we are learning to enjoy being “in place,” […]
Word To The WearyOur patience is being tested — getting through the morass of getting unemployment, finding necessary items for sustenance — and so on.Actions which previously took moments or minutes, now consume time, energy, and resolve.Given our age, thanks to the wisdom of one of the kids, we buy groceries online and then pick them up. After not finding available times for pickup, I got online at midnight and an order was finally placed for Friday morning.Something as simple as buying groceries tires and wearies.Merrimam Webster defines “weary” as “having one’s patience, tolerance, or pleasure exhausted.”Sustaining ourselves in such times as now requires known abilities and resources, and reserves are developed and discovered anew every day.“The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him that is weary. Morning by morning he wakens, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.“ Isaiah 50:4f.Being a word to the weary spreads a state of health and hope to the weary.
The Way
In life we like to go our way, do it our way. We want to be in the driver’s seat. There comes a time when, we must sit in in the passenger’s seat, and let others drive us. Such is my current situation and I should not drive until cleared.The following comes to mind: You […]
