A Blessing in the Broken Things

 

I’d waited weeks for this moment: toes in the sand, waves crashing in the distance, sun warming my soul. I watched as my two-year-old made happy piles of sand in front of me, experiencing the beach for the first time.

Then from beside me I heard a sigh and a mutter. “It’s not fair. I wasted my money…

Join me today at 5 Minutes for Faith. Click HERE to read the rest of my devotion.

Carol

Learning Not to Charge Ahead

 

I thought I lost my first-born child.

My heart stopped. I watched helpless as he ran without looking – his head never turning this way or that. My son charged straight ahead across the street to the bus stop, racing to beat our neighbor there.

He never saw the car coming. My heart skidded with the car. A rapid thump, thump, thump – THUMP, screeching to a full stop. Thinking only of what he would gain on the other side (first in line for the bus), my child ran full-sped into the street…

Join me today at the Cafe! Click HERE to read the rest of my devotion.

I’ve returned from New Mexico and had a wonderful time. Please pray the Lord will open the doors He wants to open and close the ones that need to be shut. I’ll be telling you more about my time there in the days and months ahead.

Blessings!

 

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Carol