I have been challenged this week by a dear friend and the Holy Spirit to examine my thoughts and I want to share what I have learned. There’s a beautiful story in the Marine Corps Times I have been pondering and I believe it’s worth sharing. In 1942, in response to the American amphibious landings in the eastern Solomon Islands on August 7, plans were hatched by Japanese Admiral Gunichi Makawa for a nighttime raid into Savo Sound with the goal of destroying the vulnerable American transports and cargo ships screening the Allied landing force. Throughout the night and early morning of August 8 and 9, the Japanese column slipped into the…

Well-meaning family, friends or strangers tell me that I will heal or that God will heal me.  As much as I believed that when my husband first died, now I have a much different perspective on healing.  Allow me to share my thoughts. Recently my son Beck called me and said he was on his way to a local urgent care after breaking his finger at work.  As a mother of six boys, I know if they can personally call me, chances are they’ll be fine. I employ the British Ministry of Information motto – “Keep calm and carry on.”  Beck’s x-rays revealed the newly broken finger bone, but like…