by JemB | Dec 25, 2018 | Bible, God's love, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Ponderings
Jerry and I have most of our gift giving occasions between October – December. That is the timeframe of both of our birthdays, our anniversary and of course Christmas. The following post was written late in December several years ago, but the truth of it...
by JemB | May 17, 2018 | Disability, God's love, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Peace, Travel
This week I was the beneficiary of some little kindnesses that impacted me in such a big way I want to share. Here’s the scene. We were ready to head home from Ohio after a family visit. The drive, with stops, is about 10 hours. We’ve each driven it by ourselves. In...
by JemB | Apr 2, 2018 | Bible, Family, God's love, Hope, Marriage, Marriage Monday
Holy Week was last week. Easter was yesterday. Today life returns to normal. Or does it? If the reality of Easter means anything it means change. The One who conquered death rose to new life. By doing so he changed the course of history, and each of our lives. Maybe...
by JemB | Mar 6, 2018 | Disability, Family, God's love, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Marriage Monday, Peace
This is week 3 of Jerry using his back up wheelchair while waiting on a new right motor for his regular chair. As I noted last week, that means he is unable to drive his van. If you live with disability in your family you know that this is not all that unusual, these...
by JemB | Jan 6, 2018 | Bible, God's love, Hope, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned
I am a bit surprised that over the years my close friends and family have not nicknamed me Sarai. I don’t know how many times over the years I have read or heard the story of Abram and Sarai, but reading it this morning I was struck by how Sarai-like I am. Sarai...