by JemB | Mar 19, 2017 | Bible, Disability, Family, Friendship, God's love, Peace, Ponderings
The sermon being preached from the stage was full of truth. Yet in the back row of the auditorium a very different sermon was reaching deep into my heart. I find it difficult to go to church alone, and this was one of those days when I had to do just that. Strike 1...
by JemB | Mar 12, 2017 | Bible, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Peace, Ponderings
I see it so much clearer now. I have heard countless messages and read scores of devotionals about keeping Jesus first in our lives. It wasn’t until i sat down to my Breakfast with Jesus that I saw how subtlety I displace Him. The morning started as each...
by JemB | Mar 8, 2017 | Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Ponderings
Walking into the office I noticed the paper shredder was far past capacity. Taking the lid off to empty the shredding I saw the blades were completely impacted by tightly fused paper in each gap. For the second time this year I gathered my screw driver, pliers, razor...
by JemB | Mar 3, 2017 | Ponderings
I have been trying to put concise clear words to my experience attending my first Christian Writers Conference last week. Funny thing, though I enjoy writing I found myself at a loss for words. The experience was enlightening, overwhelming, helpful, confusing, a...
by JemB | Feb 23, 2017 | Bible, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Ponderings
One night on our recent cruise the captain came over the broadcast system throughout the ship (which typically only happens in an emergency). He said that several guests had noticed that we had taken a turn to the east (when we had been heading north). Captain Thor...
by JemB | Feb 22, 2017 | Disability, Marriage, Ministry, Ponderings
I am so thankful for the timing of this trip. It came when I had grieved “enough” (at least for now) the recent past. The time away put a buffer up between the past and the present/future. Coming home I was ready to fully engage in what’s next. For the short term...
