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My Father’s Arms. A Sure Place in Uncertain Days

by Nan Jones | Apr 4, 2024 | Uncategorized | 2 |

The young girl dangled from a large tree limb, legs flailing, tongue wailing. She was stuck and terrified of hanging so far above the ground — terrified even more of letting go to slip into her father’s arms flung outstretched beneath her. Her saga on the limb, though dangerous, was a sure thing, even if she didn’t like it — though she dangled, her grasp was strong and the limb sturdy.

But she was stuck and afraid.

Afraid to let go.

The young girl was me.

A Nail in A Sure Place: The Lord our God

by Nan Jones | May 12, 2022 | bible devotions online, Christian Living, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker | 0 |

Just inside Daddy’s garden shed, beside the door, was a nail — a nail in a sure place reserved for Daddy’s cap. His baseball cap stained with sweat and garden soil could always be found hanging on that nail.

Unless, of course, the cap was on his precious bald head.

Change is Coming. It’s Inevitable. But God …

by Nan Jones | Feb 10, 2022 | bible devotions online, Christian Living, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker | 2 |

Change is coming. It’s inevitable. Some change brings hope, like the budding on our apple tree. But some change brings fear — fear of the unknown, fear of the difficult, fear of the challenge.

As I watch the cardinal and sparrow at my birdfeeder, the chickadees flitting in and out, I wonder … I wonder how they live in the now so beautifully, how they keep on singing, how they hop from branch to branch incessantly with apparent glee as they wait for their turn at the feeder.