The Beauty of Learning
The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. Psalm 119:130 NIV So much can happen in a year’s time. So much laughter, living, traveling, moving forward along with sadness, loss, stagnation, and despair. A year holds so much we may not even remember the majority of what has occurred or even want to. In the months of 2025, I focused on the beauty I see in the world around me and how all of it is put into place and made magnificent by the a
The Beauty of Imagination
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, Ephesians 3:20 NIV When my son was a small child, he always wanted to be able to fly. He would use his imagination and tie on the cape my mom had made him and pretend to fly. I feared one day I would see him sail off the roof of the house. Not a large jump but dangerous to say the least. He used to ask me, “Why doesn’t God make me fly?” an
The Beauty of Strength and Courage
For they were all trying to intimidate us, saying, “They will drop their hands from the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands. Nehemiah 6:9 In 2021 my son and I ran a Tough Mudder. If you are not familiar with this race, it is basically a race through a whole lot of gooey, sticky mud. The object is to finish a 10-mile run and 20 obstacles as fast as you can. One of the encouraging sentences on their website, https://toughmudder.com/ is
