A Modern Day Prodigal Story

(Just a reminder. If you would like to receive my blog posts as an email, please sign up in the left column where you can put in your email address.)I was on a mission from God.I woke up at our daughter’s home as I have for the last four weeks and headed out...

Can the Pain Really Be Coming to an End?

Oh Lord, is the journey of pain coming to a real end? I feel normal so much of the time now and am only taking two Alleve and a pain patch on the back of my thigh when I know I’m going to be sitting a lot. I’m a little amazed. I’m a lot amazed. I...

We Are His Property

(If you haven’t read yesterday’s blog post, please read first.)Yesterday, after posting, I took another one of my short walks and looked again at the sign. I realized I’d misquoted, or I should say, left out some of the words. The sign actually says,...

How’s Your Manager Doing?

As I took a short walk this morning, a tear escaped down my cheek because I was feeling sorry for myself. Last week I somehow did something that set me back five steps in my recovery from back surgery. I’d been in increased pain and only able to be out of pain...

Whew! Job Becomes Hopeful!

For the past eleven posts, we’ve looked at the word “hope” as found in the book of Job. I bet you thought we’d never get out of Job but this is our last look at hope there. But hasn’t it been rich and appropriate for a person who is in such a...