Category Archives: trials

Shaken to the Core

On January 12, 2010 the foundations of the earth shook as a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. The already-poorest-country in the Western hemisphere suffered unthinkable destruction. News reports confirmed the ruin, chaos, grief, tragedy. By all accounts Haiti was devastated. Period. Did you know earthquakes foreshadowed major plot shifts inRead the Rest…

Pressed

Not many things create debate in my home like little black and green orbs. Olives. My people feel fiercely about olives. They love them. They hate them. Listening in the other day, I realized just how passionate they were on either side of this debate. One thing that they agreeRead the Rest…

Does He See Me? Am I Invisible?

Recently our family spent a week at the beach and my husband and I arose early on our first morning to go on a walk/run along the ocean’s shore.  My husband’s a runner and I’m a walker so he typically runs ahead of me, turns around and catches up withRead the Rest…

The Flight of Dollar

My son saved his money for a year and a half to buy two parakeets, a cage, food and accessories. I remember when he first started saving; he thought he would never get enough money. But finally the day came when my husband took him to the pet store, andRead the Rest…

Do You Blame God?

I asked this question recently on my personal blog:  Do you blame God when bad things happen? The answers ranged from absolutely not, how could I blame a good God to I don’t really blame Him but do get mad at Him sometimes to yeah, I do blame God even though I wish I didn’t. IRead the Rest…