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A Prayer for Us to Share!

A Prayer for Us to Share!

Things in this world seem unstable, crazy, and spinning out of control.

I don’t know where you live in this world, but I bet at times this year, you have felt the same way.

When I look around and everything seems in freefall, I take a deep breath and remember that:

-        I didn’t make the universe.

-        I can’t fix this mess.

-        I don’t understand how things got so messy.

-        I don’t know that path back to order and sanity.

But, there is Someone who does

Lent and Revival

Lent and Revival

Lent gives us time for serious reflection.

It’s the season for repentance and restarts.

What are you doing to fully enter Lent?

I find Lent to be a good time to do an inventory of what I want to clean out of my life—and what I should continue to pursue.

Many of you likely have heard about the revival that has taken place at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky

The Stench of a Small Dead Mouse

The Stench of a Small Dead Mouse

My husband and I own a farmhouse outside a small town. Whenever we leave how for a few days and then return, one of the first things we do is check the mouse traps to see if there are any dead mice. Most of the time, we don’t really have to examine the traps. Even the tiniest of dead mice, if dead for a number of hours, give off a distinct odor. Left for days at a time, they become so putrid that you can hardly enter the room.

This was the case about a month ago when we returned to our home and found—through the distinct “dead mouse” smell—the tiniest of dead mouse that had met its demise while we were gone.

We had arrived late in the night, so my husband put the dead mouse—trap and all—outside to dispose of later. The problem is, he forgot about it.