Tracy's Blog

With a title like that, you may be wondering how I am doing.  Life has been quite good recently.  I am enjoying spring - particularly that I haven't seen a mosquito yet!  For some reason, however, I have been having difficultly sitting down to blog.  I have too many ideas but none are well enough formed.  So I thought I would share with you the verse that has been lingering in my mind over the last two weeks: John 16:33 (ESV)  Jesus says, "I have said these things to you, that in Me you may have peace.  In the world you will have tribulation.  But take heart; I have overcome the world." I'm not even sure how I ended up at this verse.  I was having a grumpy day and needed to remember that trouble/trials/tribulation are a normal part of life.  Jesus says I will have them.... why would I expect differently?  I was never one to have an accepting attitude to suffering.  One of my main responses to things not going wel...

I hope you all had a meaningful and joyful Easter!  I did.  What I will probably remember most from this year is a 4 year old boy weeping.  Timmy and I invited some friends to come to our "Walk through the Passion" for children at our church on  Good Friday.  This was the first time our little friend and his 7 year old brother had ever been in church.  They enjoyed the re-enactment of the Last Supper and even sat to get their feet washed.  They loved that they got to snuff out candles as they moved from station to station.  But then came the bad news... Jesus was crucified.  He died.  And tears started to roll down our little friends face. I thought it was because he didn't get to blow out the candle at the cross but he continued to cry through the procession to the tomb in the basement of the church and when we all blew out our candles.  I asked his Mom what was wrong and she said he was sad because Jesus died.  So I cr...