Last week, I wrote about the hedge God has placed around me, because I am precious to Him. It is in His garden, with daily contact with the Master Gardener, that I can be fruitful and reflect Him. It reminded me of a poem I wrote in 2012, talking about my relationship with God: Dei-Phototropism.1… Read More
Live Life Laughing
It was so cold yesterday, my computer froze.It was my own fault, thought. I left too many windows open. They called it golf because “black hole of frustration and despair money pit” was too long. I asked the librarian if they had books on different noise levels.She said, “Sure. What volume do you want?”
Inside God’s Hedge
Have you ever planted a garden only to have it eaten by wild critters? If you depend on what you grow for sustenance, you have to find a way to keep intruders out, so you build a fence, a hedgerow, a wall of brambles, or a thicket of dense bushes. Wait you are not done… Read More
When there’s nothing you can do…
So, you’re in a situation. Maybe you are afraid or angry, or angry because you are afraid. Who are you angry at? You might be frustrated, in pain, to tired to push through, alone, or rejected. Who do you blame for that? Maybe the doctor’s report was not what you wanted to hear. Why weren’t… Read More
Wished I Could Do More
I helped my daughter and family move across town (Marshalltown) on Saturday. I went there with another daughter and HS-aged granddaughter. Another daughter was also there. They also had help family from his family and their church and work friends. What a great group of people willing to work so hard for others. The help… Read More
This Summer’s Attitude: Change Is My Friend
I’m waiting for my husband to come out of surgery for a new knee—about two hours here, then another 2-3 hours in recovery, physical therapy, more waiting, and then hopefully we get to go home. I get him into our apartment, and get someone to stay with him while I go pick up prescriptions. Did… Read More
Heavenly Things Are Being Done While We Wait
Every day for the last four days, friends have talked with me about waiting: for medical reports, for more tests, for reader responses to a book just written, for a return phone call, for something to change… And in this all, for an answer to prayer. To “see” God working in a situation. At the… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 