Finding Hope in Unexpected Places
When we journey through a three-year marital separation, face unwanted health problems, cry through the night for a prodigal, or watch dreams crumble, we don’t expect to find hope. But, amazingly, we can. It’s happened to me. Although the challenges of life may seem too heavy, too complicated, too confusing, and too bogged down in “stuff” to leave an open pathway for the joys we cherish most, hope is closer than we think.
It all begins with the heart.
In “Heart Talk” we’ll journey together and talk heart to heart, looking at life and love, sharing thoughts and feelings, and discovering all the good things God has for us. Once a month, the blog will feature other authors who’ve written books to nurture your heart as well.
Beyond Our Imagination
As we cry out to God with open hearts and hands, we often touch the face of hope in ways we never imagined.
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- Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
SO HERE WE ARE in the midst of this messy political season– accusations, half-truths and, contradictory statements swirling around us from everywhere. How do we navigate through the confusion to land on the truth of where God would lead us? In the last few weeks my Bible study has been studying Jesus’ letters to the… - The Hardest Part of Those Wedding Vows
STANDING AT THE FRONT of the church, I gazed into my husband’s eyes and repeated our wedding vows—promises that would join our lives together in marriage. “I Linda take thee, Marvin, to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness… - Anticipatory Grief: The Journey of a Thousand Losses and Endless Grace- Author Interview with Tracy K. Pratt
WHEN YOU KNOW LOSS IS COMING, when does grief begin? Afterwards? Or before? And how do you work through it? Tracy K. Pratt’s book, Anticipatory Grief: The Journey of a Thousand Losses and Endless Grace, is a book I shared three years ago on Heart Talk but want to share again because I believe this… - Silver and Gold
“TREAT HIM LIKE SILVER AND GOLD, LINDA. Treat him like silver and gold.” Jean sat forlornly on the couch, relating to me the bizarre set of circumstances she had recently experienced when her husband collapsed from a heart attack and she was unable to give him the required mouth-to-mouth resuscitation because she had a broken… - Heavenly Headbutts: Reflections of Hope about Cats and Eternity
WHEN I TRY TO PICTURE my husband entering Heaven, I imagine him surrounded by lots of family members and friends who’ve gone before as they greet him and welcome him to his new home. Occasionally, I also wonder if among the crowd there might be a rambunctious Akita, a fluffy, tail wagging Peek-a-poo, a white… - And The Flowers Fall
THE FLOWERS SENT by my publisher after the death of my husband were beautiful. The red and white roses, settled amidst the drama of orchids and the soft gracefulness of blue hydrangeas blended together in a stunning Christmas arrangement that lifted my spirits in the sad days following my husband’s death. Now the flowers were…
SILVER AND GOLD
TREAT HIM LIKE SILVER AND GOLD, LINDA. Treat him like silver and gold.
Jean sat forlornly on the couch, relating to me the bizarre set of circumstances she had recently experienced when her husband collapsed from a heart attack and she was unable to give him the required mouth-to-mouth resuscitation because she had a broken jaw and the doctors had clamped her mouth shut. Her husband was in a coma and not expected to live. She looked at me with longing as she spoke—longing for the presence of the man who had shared her life for almost half a century.
