Warrior of God...

When we traveled through Amsterdam a couple of years ago,  there were two things I particularly wanted to do.  I wanted to visit The Annex, where Anne Frank hid from the Nazi's for two years during WWII, and I wanted to see the The Hiding Place, where Corrie Ten Boom and her family hid Jews from the Nazi's while working with the Dutch underground.  They are, in a way, two sides of the same story, and I wanted to experience both to better understand each of them.

Rejoice, pray and give thanks... even when you don't feel like it....

This morning I am home sick with the stomach flu.  I don't feel like rejoicing.  I am having a hard time being thankful.  I am disgusted, and I want to be well.  Rumor has it I am even a little on the crabby side about the whole thing.  But for today, I haven't any choice, and I am stuck with things as they are - too much time, no energy to do.

What a difference a day makes...

A single day, 24 hours, is, in the overall scheme of things, not very long.  And yet, that same 24 hours can make all the difference in the world when you are waiting for something to happen.  If you are waiting for a loved one in an intensive care unit, it can be the difference between life and death.  When you are waiting on a job interview, it is the difference between employment or another day of sending out resumes.  It can be the difference between being pregnant and being a mother, or perhaps an animal being in a shelter or having a forever home.  Change causes fear, and fear causes worry.  Even positive changes can cause uncertainty, and negative events can cast a pall over our whole life.