When the Rubber Meets the Road
I'll tell you what, I've been struggling (as evidenced by my last two posts), with thinking about anything other than the election. It's wormed its way into every thought and conversation (unless I'm talking to the kids), and has effected my mood and overall demeanor. And you know what? It needs to stop. I told you I was trying to think about rainbows and kittens yesterday, but, truthfully, I wasn't very successful. This morning I sat in front of this screen for a good 20 minutes trying to think about something - ANYTHING - else to write about, and couldn't. Then I got a notification on my phone that my "On this Day" was available on Facebook, so I looked at it. And there, from...
Rainbows and Kittens
On this morning after Super Tuesday, when it appears that the country has lost its mind, I am going to talk about something that doesn't have anything but a positive effect on my blood pressure: Rainbows and kittens. "She jests," you might be thinking to yourself. "This is just going to be a fluff piece," you might be musing. But no, I'm serious. Rainbows, for all the wonky ways they've been misused (I'm not going to go there), are, at their core, not only a beautiful spectacle of nature, but a sign from the very Creator of nature. A promise from God, after Noah disembarked the ark onto dry land, that He will never again flood the earth. Kittens are, well, adorable, but also they...
As Never Before
I'm heading to the polls today, like many of you. Truly, I feel like I'm carrying a two-ton weight on my back as I go, a burden of frustration and disheartened sadness that I've never before carried into an election. I know that whomever sits in the oval is not my savior. I fully understand that God is in control, so that is not the issue. Instead, it's the fact that we are falling apart as a nation. We are giving up any semblance of decorum, decency, integrity, or character in favor of empty promises and vulgar narcissism, and I don't just mean in this election cycle. We've been doing it little, by little, for a long time, riding on a wave of arrogance that is finally being swept...
Limitless
As I have well-documented, Brody is obsessed with Toy Story. We discovered that there are some Toy Story short films available now, beyond the full-length movies, and one of them is Toy Story That Time Forgot. It mainly focuses on Trixie and Rex, the two dinosaur toys, and is set in a dinosaur playscape, a Christmas present that belongs to a friend of their current owner, Bonnie. They've come for a playdate at this friend's house, and a little angel-kitty Christmas ornament that Bonnie had been using as her "Kittysaurus" has also been put in her backpack with her other toys. The little angel kitty is a fount of wisdom, as it happens, spouting bits of truth throughout the show, like...
His Words for When You’re Overwhelmed
Sometimes life is a lot, isn't it? Faced with mountains at every turn, it can feel like it's just too much. He has something to say about that. But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” ~ Matthew 19:26 ESV Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. ~ Psalm 119:105 ESV God, listen to me shout, bend an ear to my prayer. When I’m far from anywhere, down to my last gasp, I call out, “Guide me up High Rock Mountain!” You’ve always given me breathing room, a place to get away from it all, A lifetime pass to your safe-house, an open invitation as your guest. You’ve always taken me...