‘The White Horse’ is a coffee table book I bought a few years ago. I bring it out occasionally to display. On the cover and inside the book are many beautiful photos of a white horse with a long flowing mane. Revelation 19:11-16, speaking of Jesus returning on a white horse, is symbolic. However, my love of horses likes to imagine Jesus actually returning riding on a beautiful white horse. When Jesus does return, what a sight it will be!! In this life we need to always be alert and preparing for that day (Matthew 24:42). Jesus will come again.

I’ve never liked saying, “Bless you” when someone sneezes or whatever. People often think I’m rude because of it. However, the way I always thought about it was that God is the only one who can bless so who am I to say I’m “blessing” someone. Recently, though, I heard BLESS* used as an acrostic. (Anyone who knows me knows that I love acrostics anyway.) And that kind of BLESS I can do and so can you.

I’ve been a full-time caregiver for my mother-in-law now for the last 4 years. Her most recent hospital stay landed her in rehab again, this time for a more extended period. I stop in or call to check in every day. I want to know the people taking care of her are doing things right – i.e. the way I would do things!  I pray every day for the people who take care of her and there is a part of me that wishes I could be involved in their training. After all, I know her well and I want them to know her and love her the way I love her! I want to train my replacement caregiver.

We live in a very small rural community in east Texas.  It is about 20 minutes from the metropolis of Jacksonville (haha) and I have been blessed to live here most of my life.  For the first two years of marriage, Greg and I lived in an apartment in town.  It was a great apartment and a good experience, but these two country kids moved back to the woods as soon as we could afford to. For the first three decades of my life, I attended Friendship Baptist Church, just down the road from our house.