Consider the Lilies

Category: God

  • The Power of Limitations

    It took me about three decades to come to terms with my limitations.  I always expected “greatness” from myself, I had this conception that I could and should be greater and better than what I actually was.  Always striving and never achieving the standard of…the world?  myself?  I included God in the picture, and His…

  • Water

    What could be better than writing about a cold, thirst-quenching glass of water on a hot and muggy day like today?  Drinking in the cool liquid, of course!  Water is so essential – next to the air we breathe water is critical for bodies to live.   From the earliest beginning of civilization, men have…

  • Salvation Bucket

    Two frogs fell into a bucket of cream, or so I’ve heard it told. The sides of the bucket were shiny and steep, the cream was deep and cold. “Oh, what the us?” said No. 1, “”Tis fate-no help’s around. Goodby, my friend. Goodbye, sad world.” And weeping still, he drowned. But No. 2, of…

  • The Greater the Struggle

    Someone shared the thought with me that the “greater the struggle, the greater the victory.”  Although the relationship of suffering to God’s care is a bit obscure and has puzzled theologians for centuries, I share a similar thought that I read this morning. Testings are raining upon me which seem beyond my power to endure.…

  • God’s Care: Two Subway Stories

    Random acts of kindness.  Is it possible to experience God’s care through the ordinary every day kindnesses of other people?  Two subway events happened to me that make me think of God and His care for me…more than a lily of the field. The second one happened the other day.  I’m reversing the order because…

  • Who will notice?

    Have you ever been in a crowd where no one knows you – or even notices you?  I have had that experience.  When there are approximately 1 million blogs on the internet, how will the words of one attract a following?  By being relevant, cool, up-to-date, graphic, loud, innovative, attract attention in 3 seconds or…

  • A lily at home

    As the nexus of this blog, an asiatic lily that I planted last year happens to be in full bloom in my garden.  Lilies do not bloom long, so if you are the type to be so caught up with other things that you do not notice your garden for a week, the beautiful flowers…