As I gazed at the hummingbird cradled in my hand, the traumatized bird stared apprehensively back at me. She seemed to be asking, “What are you going to do with me?” Just moments before, my mother had called me outside. It was night but in the porch light we saw the little bird flapping helplessly on the ground. I noticed...
(Re-posted from Comfort-Cafe.net, July 2017) Lord, this new morning, I surrender. Though I am still tired, You are awake. Though I am moving slowly, You remain unhurried. Though I have no zest, You exude vitality. Exhaustion takes me to the end of myself, but YOU are just beginning! Lord, today would you carry me? “…apart from me you can do...
(Re-posted from Comfort-Cafe.net, May 2017) Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will,...