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Earlier this week, we had the priviledge of attending our son’s “Joining Ceremony” for the military. Seven young men gathered together with a collection of officers and NCMs and pledged their fidelity to Queen and Country. As a mother, there was a certain amount of pride in knowing that out of over 1200 applicants, only…
God’s Outstretched Arms
Young love runs to embrace after being apart. A child holds out their arms to be cuddled by a parent. Friends hug to express concern, condolence or comfort. The phrase, “outstretched arms” brings to mind many images. For me, all of them have to do with acceptance, trust and love. When our children were…
Leaving on a Jet Plane
I arrived at the airport in plenty of time for my flight… 90 minutes early. I had checked in online so all I needed to do was drop off my bags and I would be on my way. I took my time in the airport, wandering through the shops and people watching. Forty minutes before…
Until They Too
Joshua 1:13-15 …The LORD your God is giving you rest and and has granted you this land…You are to help your brothers until the LORD gives hem rest, as He has done for you and until they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them… after that, you…
Just beginning…
Do you ever feel like you’re on a treadmill? or that you just keep going around and around making the same mistakes over and over again? Do you ever start out with the best of intentions and then find yourself making the same poor choices you made the last time you were in a similar…
What’s left behind?
Our boys were out playing paintball with a friend earlier this week. Our younger son was running to join the fray when he grabbed a tree to help propel himself around a corner. “T” our older son heard echoing through the woods. He thought it was odd as his brother never called “T”. He didn’t…