Once upon a time there was a Cherry tree. It was small and weak. You would say that’s horred. For the cherry tree it was HORRID. Children shook the tree back and forth. Millions and millions of petals and leaves fell to the ground. It was like a wedding! Every year the tree grew ferocious at the children. Every shake when the leaves came floating down the tree became hot as fire. One day the tree saw…
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The first year…. Lesson 2: Consider others more important than yourself. In the first year of marriage I remember one incident above others that demonstrated the kind of love Gary was capable of… Understanding that opposites attract, one of our opposing traditions dealt with security. I never locked anything… Gary locked up everything. Everyday when he came home, Gary asked two questions. “Did you go anywhere in the car today?” and “Did you remember to…
Leave a CommentLittle drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land.Thus the little minutes, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of eternity.-Julia Fletcher Here it is … the month of March… coming in like a lion… and with it a wedding anniversary!! The little minutes have evaporated into the big 2-5 for us!! With 15 days to go til the big day, I am going to be sharing lessons I have learned from…
Leave a CommentAre you familiar with the Disney Movie Tangled? … My youngest girls and I can watch it over and over. The singing, the dancing, the crazy hair we love it. Recently, at the ICC IGNITE mid-winter Leadership Retreat a bunch of clever ladies did a fun spoof using the song I’ve got a dream. If you can’t make fun of yourself who can you make fun of?? Another touchpoint with dreams was listening to a TED talk by Diana Nyad about her…
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From the 40th chapter of book of Isaiah in the Bible we read: The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for…
Leave a Comment“To “give thanks to Him for all things,” is, indeed, a very difficult duty; for it includes giving thanks for trials of all kinds; for suffering and pain; for languor and weariness; for the crossing of our wills; for contradiction; for reproaches; for loneliness; for privations. Yet they who have learned submission will not find it a hard duty; for they will so entirely love all that God wills and appoints, that they will see…
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