For the sum total of my twenty-eight years, my mother’s dressing had always been on my holiday table. This time, 7500 miles separated me and that pan of crumbled biscuits and cornbread. Would it truly be Thanksgiving if that stuffing wasn’t on the table? I was an adult by all appearances and had a family of my own. I could make …
A Mother’s Truth
“Mama, what do you think is my greatest weakness?” I’d been at junior high camp for the week, and the youth pastor had challenged us to ask this question of someone that knew us well. Who better than my mom, who’d known me all fourteen years? Granted, I was a bit nervous as I awaited her answer. She’d probably say …
Cold Turkey Thanksgiving
I prepared my first one in a cold oven overnight. I wasn’t in the range personally, you understand, but the turkey was. My adult daughters now roll their eyes when I speak of such things, but we lived in a country where individually purchased store-bought eggs came from mounds of unrefrigerated straw. Evidently, salmonella didn’t exist back then. Turkeys weren’t …
How to Look Different to a Watching World
By: Carrie Vipperman “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your …
Still Thankful
We celebrated my husband’s birthday this week. Mark has touched so many lives over the years. And in this season of thanksgiving, I want to express my gratitude to him publicly: ————————— Thank you Mark for seeing inside of me, something that I couldn’t envision alone: Christ in me, the Hope of Glory. Thank you for slowly untangling my misconceptions of men and allowing me to trust again. …
My Cloud of Witnesses
Tears came to my eyes as I reread the letter. Sent to me in 1989 via airmail, my mother had concluded her newsy note with a scripture and blessing. I paused then said aloud to no one in particular: “My life has truly included a great cloud of witnesses.” As I read Hebrews 11 and 12 in my daily reading, …
A Thanksgiving Memory
Exhausted, I sat down to the meal. It was the holiday and I’d been preparing this dinner for days now. As my eyes scanned the table, I sensed tension as thick as the slices of turkey on the platter. Of course, it couldn’t be my fault. I’d kept my mouth shut when he had lifted no finger to …
A Psalm for Thanksgiving
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His love endures forever. He’s touched my heart, like none else could His love endures forever. Sing praise. Sing praise. When I am thinking thoughts of me His love endures forever. He still works within me secretly His love endures forever. Sing praise. Sing praise. When I …
Preparing For the Upcoming Feast
With Thanksgiving coming this week, I am thinking back to my past “turkey tables”. The story is an old one, but the Words from His Heart are new. May You know His strength as you move into this holiday. —————- One particular Thanksgiving in Taiwan, I somehow got the idea to invite everyone that I knew for the holiday meal. Over …
Thankful I’m Being Followed
“Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life” (Psalm 23:6) In Hannah Hurnard’s allegory Hinds’ Feet on High Places, her character Much Afraid takes a spiritual journey very similar to the path we follow. Sometimes, her Shepherd is very close-by and at other times He seems no-where to be found. One constant in little …
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