Consider the Lilies

Category: limitations

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • Light and Momentary

    I wouldn’t put this on a resume, but I am quite good at wrapping my mind and emotions around the tough things in life. That can be a good quality.  It can also get me in a lot of trouble.  I am able to shoulder burdens that are rightfully mine to carry, and burdens that…

  • The cookie and the cross

    It all started with an intention to abstain from certain things during the 40 days of Lent, a common practice observed by Catholics, and a practice that I agree with, in principle.  As I look back to the cross – that horrible, wonderful event that secured freedom from sin – Jesus’ life is one of…

  • Strength

    It really fascinates me.  For whatever reason, in the past fifteen years, I have endured multiple fractures.  Two fingers, an elbow, a knee, an ankle, and most recently, a wrist. No, I am not morbidly interested in breaking bones.  But the incredible fact, the amazing thing is –  that the bones don’t remain broken –…

  • My Right Arm

    Have you ever had a moment when you are reading something – say, the Bible – and an image or a word jumps out at you, vividly? (I hope it’s happened to you, because, it happened to me.  And it’s a cool experience.  Read on.) The image that impressed me was an arm.  Yes, a…