Tracy's Blog

Hi all! It's 9:12 pm and the sun has set 45 minutes ago; it hit me on Saturday that Christmas is 4 months away; I just finished baking a recipe (for the first time) that was given to me in 1994; and tomorrow morning I'm planning to start to get out of vacation mode and wake up earlier.  What's on my mind?  The end of summer, old friends, sweets, and the opportunity for change that new seasons of life bring. How about you..... what's on your mind these days?  How was your summer?  What are you looking forward to this fall?  (I would love to hear your responses.) And where is God in all this?  He is with us. I hope that in these last days of summer you will find time to   "Be still and know that I am God". (Psalm 46:10a).  No matter what is on your mind or whatever your summer has been like, God is with you... and will be there for you in the days ahead.  As Psalm 46: 11 says,   "The LORD Almigh...

Our 4 year old son, Timmy, has slowly been learning to do things for himself. The other day he proudly told me that he had used soap when he washed his hands. I hugged him and said, “Good for you. I love you.” Then I looked at him and said, “Timmy, do you know that we love you not only when you do good things but even if you did bad things?” Timmy looked at me in disbelief. “How can that be?” he asked. Right then I realized that my son, didn't understand the concept of unconditional love even though we are raising him an atmosphere of it (or we believe we are). I went on to explain that Mommy and Daddy and Noah and Abby and, most importantly, God all love him all the time no matter what he does. He looked at me and remained quiet. I couldn't quite read his expression so I asked, “How does that make you feel?” “Happy” he replied with a smile. The experience with Timmy has me thinking about how hard it is for us to accept unconditional love. We automatically...