Samson
I recently heard the story of Samson from a very different perspective. While this got my attention, I was confused. The stories that I had heard of Samson growing up was the general ‘Samson and Delilah’ and how she bothered him enough for him to finally give away his secret that his hair should never […]
Going the distance
This morning, one of my devotions was entitled “When You’re Running on Empty”. And the person shared with us how she liked to cut it close to running on empty when she needed gas for her car. She’d drive her car literally well past the empty light coming on – and on one such instance, […]
Fearing Change
Sometimes I will write down a title and nothing comes for days or weeks. Today’s title was written down on 8/18, about 3 weeks ago, but it finally came to me this morning. A friend sent me a meme yesterday with a conversation occurring between two caricatures: Growth and Comfort. Growth says to Comfort – […]
My fault
I really debated all week whether to share with you about my cold sore. After all, talking about cold sores are definitely not fun. But I want to share with you the things it has taught me over the course of the week. Ever since I was little, I got cold sores. They are painful […]
Tunnels
Today, I took my daughter into the city. It’s not her first trip in, but she’s always so excited when she gets a chance to ride either the Long Island Rail Road or the subway or any combination. She gets excited about traveling – actually, she loves traveling anywhere. For some reason, today we made […]
Reminders
This morning I found every reason to complain. I woke up feeling frustrated. Actually, I was alternating between being frustrated and being joyful. I don’t even know if that makes sense to you, but it’s been making more and more sense to me with each passing day. I received the early morning text from my […]
Kindness
There are so many variations and remakes of Cinderella. My daughter knew that one of them was going to be shown on the big screen and she insisted that we go watch it. I’m a big kid at heart, so for me, that was a no brainer. As Ella’s (later renamed Cinderella by her step-sisters) […]
Guard your heart
When I was getting baptized over 15 years ago, I was asked what my favorite text was so it could be shared with the congregation. I boldly stated: Proverbs 4:23, which says ‘above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life’ NIV. I don’t know if I remember why I […]
Increasing our faith
My daughter is now a whopping 31lbs, and as the doctor has shared with me, she has pretty much caught up in terms of percentile growth and where she should be. You see, this makes me marvel because she was just 3lbs 4oz when she was born. When I look at her, while some may […]
Being Thankful – Part 2
I read something that it takes about 21 days for something to become a habit. This refers to good or bad habits – 21 days. I wrote on “Being Thankful” on July 10th, and I think I started my list around then – stopping each day and making a note of one thing that I […]