A Well Watered Garden

A couple of weeks ago, our Womens ministry had our annual Christmas event. I love these evenings. I love the women of our church. We had a night of singing carols, games, food (of course) and powerful testimonies of God's grace and redemption in the lives of 3 of our own young women. In her opening comments for the evening Ruth, our ministry director described how she had gone shopping that morning, and at a well known store that sells fragrances, candles and such like, she found "The Perfect 3 Wick Candle." It came with a promise: "Happiness Guaranteed or Your Money Back." Next she went to the card store and found a card that said: "God has promised Happiness and He is always faithful to His Word." Ruth's question to me was, "In these last few years of your journey, would you say you agree with either statement?" I have spent some time thinking about her question to me. In these 3 and a half years, I would not describe my life a...

It has been a year since I last visited my own blog. Don't quite know why. But here I am again - back in my Garden, with a resolve that I will keep it well watered regularly! This will be the fourth Christmas without Julius. But Christmas has not even crossed our minds, simply because we had a far bigger appointment to keep. A summons...       to court…           We have been called to an examination of discovery.  Even though I knew this day was coming, it did not stop me from being filled with dread. A lengthy prep meeting with our lawyer seemed to make it even more ominous and heavy.  We have been asked to remember. The wound that I thought was healed in part, was ripped open sharply. I find myself grieving all over again - re-living the horror and shock. The only way I could go through this exercise was to remember all the promises that Our Gracious God had given us along the way. The first promise was t...