Life Lessons

It was late afternoon.  Hubby and I had been huddled underneath our shade umbrellas in the blazing sun for several hours.  The ground was getting hard and uncomfortable … we were getting stiff and cramped.  From the big…

I am not a physically strong person.  Because my stamina is low, I am easily drained by large crowds of people.  So there I was, seated on a mat in the middle of a field, participating as an…

“For this next shot the Disciples will be going into the crowd to distribute the bread and fish.”  Excitement stirs through the crowd!  We’re going to get to see the Disciples up close!  They’re coming into the crowd! …

Hubby and I wound up near the back of the crowd.  In a sea of 5,000 people we just didn’t have the strength to jostle in amongst the masses in order to get a spot closer to the…

Have you ever wondered why Jesus chose 12 Disciples to be part of his ministry team?  Throughout my life I’ve always thought of the 12 Disciples as just tagging around after Jesus, watching Jesus do all kinds of…

There we all sat … 5,000 of us, in a blazing hot field in the middle of Texas.  The heroes of the day were the crew volunteers  …  in bright blue T-shirts they roamed throughout the crowd making…

It was so hot!!  Bottled water was freely available.  All we needed to do was go to the “drink tent” and take however many bottles of water we needed.  Throughout the day all of us were vigilant to…

Huge tents had been set up … massive tents!  Capable of holding a thousand people or more.   Round tables and folding chairs were crammed in every square inch of shade underneath those tents.  But there were only two…

It was hot!  The Texas sun had blazed down all day long … zapping our energy … depleting our strength.  We were all weary.  We were drained.  Evening was coming on and it was time for the final…

The Texas sun blazed down … and temps sat in the upper 90’s all day.  We had just flown in from endless grey and rain, and temps of low 50’s.   In fact, most of us had come from cooler…