Portion. It’s an interesting word. I’ve been wanting to write something about this word for a while now. For some reason — and I don’t know why — it makes me think of eating Cream of Wheat when I was a little girl. I had a method to eat my portion of Cream of Wheat — but I won’t bore…
Tag: Strength
Standing on the Precipice of Life
I love this picture that Ben took of his cousin, Crew, at Eden Falls near Ponca, Arkansas. It is striking to me. A small, timid boy, looking over a grand precipice into the roar of a waterfall. It’s a bit David and Goliath-ish, isn’t it? Sometimes we feel small. Scared. Uncertain. Inadequate. We are ridden with guilt. We feel like failures. And…
How Are You Today?
How are you today? We all say it, hear it, and respond to it many times every day! In passing. In the hallway. Waiting in the elevator. At the store. Even at church. We walk past each other mumbling it and scarcely wait for the reply. And what is the reply? “Pretty good” “Ok” “Tired” Every once in a while…