Slip slidin’ awaySlip slidin’ awayYou know the nearer your destinationThe more you’re slip slidin’ away. — Paul Simon Suzy woke me up to her humming Paul Simon’s classic “Slip Slidin’ Away.” Pretty soon I couldn’t get the song out of my head. The lyrics of the entire song are poignant. Paul Simon gave us…
Random Meditations
Mondays are my days for random meditations. Instead of contemplating my navel (I now have two navels, by the way, the one I’ve had all my life, and a second where I had my feeding tube. The hole is closed back up. but I still have a second indentation.) I digress. This Monday, I thought…
Despite My Age
I really never thought I’d reach the age I have. A lot of my friends are now much older than I thought possible, and to top it off they are active, climb mountains, take adventures, and participate in activities I thought only possible by the much younger. This reality has caused me to think about…
Clouds Of Witnesses
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. — Hebrews 12:1. I love the…
Too Wonderful
Is anything too wonderful for the Lord? — Genesis 18:15. I came across God’s question to Abraham the other day. It is a timely reminder to never give up hope. Each of us face impossibilities. I have had a bucketful in my lifetime, but there was never anything beyond God’s power — nothing that would have…