I was in my 30s when I first began to notice that God would work with me along certain “themes” in my life. The first time I perceived this intense, focused teaching, the theme was “Create in Me the Heart of a Worshipper.” Mark had been called (I say Mark, but both are really called …
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I AM
A couple of posts back, I focused on each of us knowing ourselves fully and completely, as we understand who we are in Christ, who God says we are and were from the beginning. We are loved, we are known, we are found. Today I want to focus on who HE is, particularly as it …
Sewing and Sowing
Sewing and Sowing The raggedy doll in the topmost part of the closet caught my eye as I was getting ready for the day ahead. My eyes rested upon it for several moments, as I remembered the hands that had stitched and stuffed the cloth so many years ago. I was about 4 or 5 …
Found and Fully Known
For this post I have to go back to the very beginning – my beginning. From my earliest memories I knew that I was adopted. I give my parents a lot of credit for the way they handled this aspect of our adoption story, because I believe it is a difficult one for many parents. …
Toward the Light
I went out on the back deck one morning, and my eye was drawn to a particular branch on a large tree, in the wooded area that is our backyard. The branch was a sort of “zigzag” shape, and I wondered how it could have grown that way. The branches around were substantially larger and …
Nothing Wasted
Today, the youngest child, the beautiful daughter, turns 18. Gone are the days of dress-up and make believe, as she now steps boldly into this “grown-up” world, full of hopes and dreams and plans. Macy Lynn Dowdy entered the world with a strong, lusty cry and brought so much joy to us from the very …
A Whole Lot of Gray
A Whole Lot of Gray Have you ever read a story from the Bible, an account of the life of one of those less than perfect people God used to accomplish His purposes, and wondered how the person could have been so seemingly unaware of what God was doing at the time? When we read …
ORDER FROM CHAOS
The Beginning. God brought it all into being from nothingness. There is order in all he created, and we have only to look at the complexity of nature to see this functional and purposeful design. Our planet has an ebb and flow, a pattern. The earth is situated perfectly with its sun for life to …
Life By The Way 