Consider the Lilies

Category: God

  • Who Can Compare?

    Buying a big ticket item, like a car or a house, can take a long time.  It’s a huge decision, with impact on where we live and what we drive for years, or even decades, so rightfully, we choose carefully. For some, buying a small ticket item, like a pair of gloves or a pocketbook,…

  • Coming Out of the Dark

    A freak snowstorm hit my area in October, and thousands of people were in the dark – for days.  The lights and power were non-existent in my home for four days, the nights were dark and cold, and it looked like it would stay this way for many more days. When the lights came back…

  • The floods recede

    Not even 30 days ago, a now-famous hurricane named Irene turned into a tropical storm and left behind a lot of water.  So much water that little brooks turned into raging rivers, and rivers burst out of their normal boundaries.  The water levels advanced, furiously, to the point of swallowing fields and farms, burying roads,…

  • Lost

    I completely understand the motivation for that great invention, the GPS navigation system.  When they first hit the market, I had no use for GPS systems.  They were expensive and maybe some people needed them – those who couldn’t or wouldn’t read a map. But, recently, while I haven’t invested in a GPS yet, I…

  • Perception

    Try some reminiscing with one of your siblings.  Just pick out a story from your childhood years and throw it out for conversation.  I am the oldest daughter in a family of four, and I have done this, talking about events of childhood with my sister, who is the youngest of the four. How my…

  • Missing the Fish

    Struck by the incongruity of a farm tractor leading the local Shad Derby parade, I framed my digital shot.  The red tractor with its great wheels being the first vehicle in the parade would make Norman Rockwell – if he were alive – inspired.  And, in a sense, the tractor at the head symbolized the essence…

  • Who Answers?

    Did it ever occur to you that only the authentic God can answer?  It occurred to me recently. Since we are creatures who innately worship something; there are other things that are worshiped passionately, and worshiped sincerely. There are other deities that are revered, honored, prayed to, and made the center of our world.  There…

  • The other side of need

    Do you know what would your life would look like if you didn’t have any needs?  I doubt it. It’s hard to picture not having needs.  From the first day of life, we are needy. We forget, but in those early days, we needed warmth.  As babies we needed food and water.  We needed to…