Photo by Pat Whelen on Pexels.com "Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." ~Psalm 119:105 We recently moved to the country, and one morning last week I headed out early to the gym. As I pulled out of our lane, an ominous veil enveloped my car and my vision ~…

Photo by Lisa on Pexels.com "If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest. Take the yoke I give you. Put it on your shoulders and learn from me. I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest. This yoke is easy to bear, and this burden…

Photo by RODNAE Productions on Pexels.com "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth or rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there…

Photo by Polina Tankilevitch on Pexels.com "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" ~Revelation 21: 4 -5 Grief has a way of…

Photo by spemone on Pexels.com "... I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness." ~Jeremiah 31:3 Anniversaries, milestones, markers in time ~ we all have them. Today I am celebrating an anniversary, a milestone, a marker in my own life. Today marks eight years of remaining cancer-free. It is…

Photo by Kat Jayne on Pexels.com "And when the LORD saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." ~Luke 7:13 (ESV) Crisis and Compassion. Two 'C' words that bring many images to mind. Words pop into our thoughts: numb, hysterical, urgent, hopeless or empathy, kindness, care, mercy. While the word, crisis, never…