I Threw Out My Wedding Ring Today

I Threw Out My Wedding Ring Today

I threw away my wedding ring today. Looking at my ring finger, there was an indentation where it once resided. A band of skin colored red. Immediately, I experienced a sense of deep loss. I felt the pain of abandonment. It was nearly 24 years to the day when I...
What You Have? It’s What The World Needs

What You Have? It’s What The World Needs

What you have? It’s what the world needs. In fact, without it, we’re shriveling on the vine. You want to know what IT is? It’s that you have the power to make us smile. Think about it. Discouragement is everywhere. The bills we can’t pay. The goals we don’t reach. The...
Why I Don’t Pray

Why I Don’t Pray

I don’t pray. I don’t pray because I don’t have enough faith, I allow myself to be distracted by things that ultimately don’t matter and because I’ve put myself at the center of the world. Sure. I do pray probably more often than the average person. And yes, I do...
Finding Hope In Hopelessness

Finding Hope In Hopelessness

The mountain is too high. The road too long. No matter how hard I try, nothing ever seems to get better. Here we go again. There is no way out of this mess. Is this it? Is this all there is? Ever been there? Feeling hopeless. Are you there now? And how did we get...
What God Hates Most Of All

What God Hates Most Of All

I truly believe God gave us children and pets so we could better understand His relationship with us. There was a time when I would rise in the middle of the night and seemingly without fail would trip on one of my kid’s toys. Hopping on one foot, I struggled to keep...
Michael K Reynolds