Feeding of the 5K Take-aways – Jesus’s Words
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…
Feeding of the 5K Take-aways – Why 12?
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…
Feeding of the 5K Take-aways – Jesus’s Hands
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…
Feeding of the 5K Take-aways – Water!
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…
Feeding of the 5K Take-aways – Shade!
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…
Feeding of the 5K Take-aways – Weary!!
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…
Feeding of the 5K Take-aways – It’s Jesus!!!
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…
Shadows of things to come
A lovely little display of daisies sat on my kitchen counter. One morning, as I was walking through the kitchen, I was struck by the shadows the daisies were casting on the counter. Immediately Hebrews 10:1 came to…
Footprints across the soul
I have in my kitchen cupboard a small collection of these clear plastic “Bambu” cups. They are “footprints across my soul” … precious memories of my dear friend … and the good times we would have hanging out…
Absentminded Grating
This past January I was grating a potato for a dinner recipe when I accidentally grated my fingernail, barely missing my finger. It has been five full months now and the fingernail still has not completely grown back…