My Jesus The pain. The stares. The cane. The wheelchair. The falls. The exhaustion. The handfuls of medication. The disappointment from physicians. Living with a chronic neurological disorder is no fun. The divorce. The foreclosure. The miscarriage. The downsizing. The cancer. The addiction. The estranged child. Living in this fallen world is no fun. Life […]

My God “I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds” (Ps 9:1) “O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!” (Ps 30:12) Americans have set aside the fourth Thursday in November as “Thanksgiving Day.” I fear that far too often that […]

My Health As I begin my month-long thanksgiving, you might expect me to begin by expressing my thankfulness for my God or my Savior or my family or my home or my. . . . Nope. Not this year. I wish to begin by expressing my thankfulness for my health. I might not have the […]

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise!” (Ps 100:4) “As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving” (Col 2:6-7) I can’t believe it’s already November — well, I know it’s […]

Jesus Wept Have you ever wept at the funeral home? Stupid question, right? When you’ve lost the dearest in all the world, you’re not going to cry – nope, not a bit. You’re going to weep. I’ve wept more times at the funeral home than I could ever count – I remember weeping when each […]