Lord the Light of Your Love is Shining

The first part of this devotion focused on the single mindedness of the raccoons, in their pursuit of – what seemed to be – an easy reward. I’d like to take a different perspective today, and consider the single mindedness of the dog in her relentless commitment to chasing the invaders away. Mia (the dog)…

My baby is 17 today!  I can hardly believe that my first born is now an ‘almost adult’.  It seems as though in the beginning I thought this time would never come and now I’m wondering how on earth it happened so quickly. Seventeen years of laughter, tears, lessons, successes, failures and memories. The other…

In the 60s, it was “Love not War”; in the 70s, the Cold War, Space Race, debates over abortion, Earth Day and a mixture of “optimisim, pessimism and cynicism”. The theme of the 80s was global warming and HIV. In the 90s, it was political correctness. In the first decade of the new century, it…

You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. Dr. Suess All of us know what it means to be attracted to someone for their physical qualities. In fact, the entertainment industry very carefully shapes our perception of attractiveness and then fulfills it leaving every day…

Have you ever known anyone who was truly gentle? Someone who simply exuded calmness and radiated peace? How did it feel being around them? There is a serenity of spirit that comes with gentleness. I long to be more gentle so that I would be better equipped to draw others. Gentleness is an avenue of…