Five Minute Friday: After

After. After the rain. After the drought. After everything else. After I fall down again. After I get myself back up-again. After I fall on my face before the Throne. After the joy returns.   All of these imply that there was something “before”.   Before the rains came. Before the drought left. Before everything … Read more

Her Name was Ruby

Mentor: a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.  Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to … Read more

That One Word

That. ONE. Word. You know the one, that word I chose for myself for this year. Yes, that’s it over on the right staring you in the face as you read this.  When I first became aware of the “One Word” for the year it seemed so much more practical than a whole list of … Read more