Brick Walls and Bloody Fists
Uninvited guests. Guests that stay too long, are too controlling, are too expensive. That suck the energy from our being and the joy from our hearts. That plague us to the breaking point. “Guests” may be too polite a term. “Intruders,” “usurpers,” even “cannibals” are more accurate. These “guests” take many forms. Some hideous. Some beautiful. But at the core, they interrupt and oppose what we want. A blinding blizzard. Chronic pain. Loss of a spouse. A deadly pandemic. Darkn
Worse Than Cancer
She spun a carefully crafted web of deception. Not to swindle us out of retirement funds or to harm us. She was probably in her late 20s, unattractive, overweight, and of limited means. But she was a faithful member of our church, attending every service and each event--except for Valentine’s Day banquets. She loved caring for the little ones in the nursery and willingly filled in any vacancies. While people were friendly, I wonder if anyone took a special interest in her. Du
