Thank you Father for your continual help. Thank you for your closeness and joy that is ours despite our circumstances. Thank you for your many promises. And thank you to all of you for your walking with us these past 5 years. I have been thinking about concluding this blog. I initially started my blog ... Continue Reading
Content whatever the circumstances
Thank you Lord for your love, your closeness and your power to live as Paul writes in Colossians with “patience and long-suffering (endurance) with joy”. He gives us the ability to be patient, to wait upon Him and to helps us endure all that life brings at us. Thank you Lord. Thank you all for ... Continue Reading
Life’s defining moments
Well it has been longer than I anticipated since my last blog entry. I have found writing these blogs hard, and I put off writing them. I also had rotator cuff surgery, so for 6 weeks it was difficult to type. I am now out of the sling. Put both these facts together and here ... Continue Reading
More Firsts; more to come
Thank you Father for your work of grace in our lives, for walking with us, and helping us work through the events of each day. What we are faced with you already knew was coming and that you would be there to help us. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not ... Continue Reading
Thoughts on perspective
Thank you Father for your love and closeness. Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers. It has been a month since my last blog and almost 8 months since Theresa went to be with her Savior. I’ve been trying to adjust to being a widower, singing solo instead of a duet. Twenty seven ... Continue Reading
It still is a struggle
Thank you Father for your faithfulness and being here. Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers. Easter ended up being a difficult day, lasting through the beginning of the week. It is odd how grieving just hits. Saturday was uneventful and a good day, then Easter, which should be about Christ, came and ... Continue Reading
Uncertain times, solid faith
Thank you Father for your love, for hope, and peace that passes all understanding. Thank you all for your continued interest. Much has happened since my last blog. With the COVID-19 outbreak all the kids are home now and the house is much busier. For a while we were needing to wash dishes once a ... Continue Reading
Sustaining love
Father thank you for sustaining us in so many ways. For the seasons, the warmth of the sun, words of encouragement, your promises written so we won’t forget. Thank you all for being His instruments of encouragement and help. Two weeks ago I wrote about the subtleties of our relationship. I hadn’t been aware of ... Continue Reading
Love language
Thank you Father for this new day, for your quiet voice, for your affirming ways. Thank you all for your continued prayers and comments. Since Theresa’s passing I have been dealing with migraines and tense neck muscles. I thought it was strange that I am dealing with this now, when we had four years of ... Continue Reading
Loss as teacher
Thank you Father for this new day. Thank you for life. Thank you for your continued help. Thank you all who continue to follow the blogs and pray for us. Some times are harder than others to write. It has been that way recently. Our care group went to Cannon Beach for a weekend. It ... Continue Reading