Teach Me Patience!

Breakfast on a ship is one of my favorite times.  I arose early to beat the crowd.  I found a seat that faced the window, which afforded me a chance to see the ocean moving past.  It was peaceful, and a good time to observe my surroundings.  She came past my table many times.  Each…

  To have him look at me!! Can you feel him look at you?  Do you feel the penetrating love of those eyes?  Matthew had seen him from afar.  He had witnessed miracles.  As a tax collector he wanted to know more of this man Peter called Jesus.  Then it happened!  Christ stopped and looked…

Her question was simple.  Anyone who knows me would say it was well warranted.  My sweet granddaughter was simply curious and concerned.  “Why do you cry so easily”?  I cry so often, I think Kleenex could use me as a poster boy!  My answer was simple.  “God blessed me with a heart, so full of…

Really?  How can this be?  I knew he was special… I saw him perform so many miracles but to bring himself back to life?  It must be a mistake, it simply can’t be.  Then Thomas saw him.  “See my hands Thomas. Touch the hole in my side.   Believe…Thomas, because I love you”.  I try…

So the question is “Love, where does it stop”?  Does it stop at your front door? Does it stop with family and friends?  Does it stop with those you are comfortable with? Does it stop at the border of the United States? Does it stop with those that are different than us?  Does love stop…

Carl Sagan, in the book Pale Blue Dot, shows that earth is but a dot in the portion of space, we have been able to explore.  We are a tiny dot in our solar system… which is a tiny dot in our galaxy… which is a tiny dot in the vastness of space. Yet every…