Tag Archive: Mercy

Extra Grace Required

 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth.“Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. Matthew 9:9 From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted withRead the Rest…

A Brisket Story

I sliced my thumb while cutting brisket. My three kids were running around like crazed, hungry animals, and in my rush I miscalculated the distance from the knife to my thumb. As I sliced, I knew I was about to be in a lot of pain. I was cutting hard becauseRead the Rest…

Forgotten on Valentine’s Day

Last week my teen daughter and I sat down and watched the movie Valentine’s Day. The gist ~ A Romantic Comedy about flowers, engagement rings, dates with champagne and of course….happily ever after. This was an odd sort of story in that, not all of the couples ended up happy.Read the Rest…

Thank Goodness for Mercy

It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 KJV Moca’s sad, weak eyes looked up at me conveying her discomfort while her head, seemingly too heavy to lift, remained on theRead the Rest…

Stretching

As I build my physical strength, I’ve noticed that I hurt more. I’ll do something seemingly easy, and I’ll sprain, twist or pull something. My back begins to hurt, and I wonder why building muscle is not preventing these aches and pains. I finally figured out that I’m not flexible.Read the Rest…