Abba's Girl

A couple weeks ago, I found boxes of Christmas ornaments at my mother's house. They were the ornaments we hung on our tree when I was very young, in fact, they were old when I was very young. (They are very old now.) I was surprised she still had them. I thought they were donated or tossed when my parents purchased new ornaments. I brought them to my house and decorated my tree and mantle with them. They are faded and a bit tarnished, but then again so am I.  However as believers, no matter our stage of life, spiritually speaking, we are not faded or tarnished, we are new creatures in Christ Jesus. Remember that ladies.  So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away —look, what is new  has come! We are reconciled to God.  And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.    In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the wor...

It's December 1, this year has been so long and yet so short. I spent many hours at the hospital and hospice in January and February, Spring arrived on schedule in March, I was semi-aware of it as I began the probate process, cleaning out my mother's house, and battling pneumonia. Summer arrived, it was not so terrible, no horrible drought no horribly high temperatures, just a tropical storm named Imelda. We rolled into fall and have a little fall foliage this year which is very rare down here! Thanksgiving was a nice day, we took a day trip to the beach, grilled burgers, ate chips, and roasted marshmallows to make smores. My husband had never made or eaten a smore in his life. I find that astounding, I thought all Texas children from our era had straightened wire coat hangers and roasted marshmallows over a fire to make smores. He liked them, he ate 2. We sat there watching the waves break, the pelicans, and a large Great Blue Herron who strolled by while looking for his din...