A friend and fellow church member dropped by the hospital last week to assure Joanne that people were praying for her (Remember, she had a Pacemaker implanted and four days later, fell and broke her wrist in multiple places.) Her reply to him, concerning the prayer of others was, “Tell them it’s not working,” For…
Some weeks I get to the final minutes with no specific inspiration for a Monday Morning Manna subject. This has been such a week. On Tuesday, my wife had a Pacemaker implanted, but not until after challenges with Insurance, Blood Lab and the Surgical Center. The post- surgery days were also a bit challenging until Friday night when…
My wife was scheduled to have a Pacemaker implanted for her heart when I made an interesting observation, leading to a question and a warning. There were five entities with whom I was communicating in preparation for the procedure. Obviously, I had to communicate with the Surgeon’s Office. In addition, there was the office of…
I was sitting in my recliner with the footrest up, totally relaxed, watching the end of the evening news, when all of a sudden, the lights went off. The power was out. With the wind blowing outside, I knew that somewhere a limb had rubbed against a transformer and the neighborhood was without power. It…
In the great classroom of life, I make an “A” in anxiety. I worry well and if I do say so myself, I am rather good at it. I know the Bible says, “Be anxious for nothing , . . . “ but, one can’t live up to every verse, so I have to let…
When I was a teen-ager on the school basketball team, we called them “stone bruises” and we got them by jumping up and landing on our heel. As I remember, we taped them and kept playing. I am obviously no longer a teen-ager, and I no longer play basketball, and the same injury is now…
Rain. Ice, Sleet. Snow. Homebound. These are words that describe my last few days. Add ”Record Low Temperature” and you get cancelled basketball games, cancelled church services, cancelled meetings, etc. You also get friends from the frozen north lands, from the “true north, strong and free” calling you a “Wimp” and other such names. But,…
I’ve never been very good at waiting, especially when it is defined as, “The act of remaining inactive or stationary.” I never cared much for remaining inactive, and stationary is not a word friends have used to describe me. All things considered, when all things are ready and circumstances are right, I’m ready to act. …
I had my 84th birthday recently. If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself. My 93 year old next door neighbor, shared these with me for my birthday. I’ve made a few adjustments, added a quote or two, but the idea is still there: “In my…
Have you made your New Year’s Resolution yet; or perhaps already broken the one you made last week? I gave up making resolutions several years ago, but I do find them interesting. C.S. Lewis once said, “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” Bestselling American author, Melody Beattie, who wrote…