Who do you think you are?

Divine Spiritual Practice # 1 “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7 In other words, you will become who you think you are. So who are you? Really? We can look at this from a number of different prospectives.  Career wise, personal attributes, emotional intelligence – who do you believe you are?  Start moving your thoughts from ‘who do you want to … Read more

Sitting in the presence of God

How does it feel to sit in the presence of God?  If I could only describe the sensation.  Impossible, but I will try.  ‘It’ comes and goes and when He makes His presence known, I feel a light vibrating sense of joy.  Bliss.  Nirvana.   A wispy energy that releases from within my heart. I relish and search for this moment every day.  It doesn’t stay with … Read more

Face to Face

It was about 10pm in the halls of a busy emergency room.  We were short on staff and long on tempers.  I felt alone and rejected by my colleagues.  What was I doing here?  Is this what I was supposed to be doing? Is this where I was supposed to be? The one thing I knew to do – was pray.  “Lord, I said, you … Read more

The Diagnosis

Cancer I had his diagnosis. And, once again, one of life’s great truths came to past.  What I came to know, I had always known.  I knew in my heart he must have had cancer. I just had to have a diagnosis. What would I do? The drive home was endless. It was a terribly cloudy day and yet every now and then the sun would break … Read more

The Decision

I have the most wonderful little companion.  A miniature Schnauzer.  Gray with a short white beard, he is my little man.  91 years old in human years, he is failing.  Not only with weight loss and fatigue but with physical signs that I can no longer ignore.  Today, we go to Virginia Tech where I will get a diagnosis and make a decision on what … Read more