Here is where Momentz With Mary began. Sometimes, I would get no rest until I wrote these Moments down. These are longer reads and often will have a corresponding YouTube video. Sit down a spell and enjoy!
Grandpa & Granddaughter Jeremiah 31:3 NIV I have loved you with an everlasting love. I love being a grandmother. There is something about seeing your children have children that magnifies love. One of the great pleasures I have discovered is seeing the faces of others within the faces of a new generation. My granddaughter has…
Great Salt Lake, UT from the air Isaiah 43:1 ESV I have called you by name, you are mine. One of my favorite quotes is, “How cool is it that the same God that created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you too.” This quote is…
Sunset, Sisters, OR Job 19:25 GNT But I know there is someone in heaven who will come at last to my defense. Being a caregiver is hard. According the American Psychological Association, caregiving is associated with: depression, anxiety, guilt, sadness, dread, and worry. Caregivers run a gamut of emotions from ambivalence about care, to witnessing…
Little Brown Church, Nashua, Iowa Hebrews 10:25 Let us not give up the habit of meeting together In 1857, a young music teacher named William Pitts was traveling by stagecoach to visit his future bride. The stage stopped at a village called Bradford (near today’s Nashua, Iowa.) He was inspired by the beauty of the…
Hawkeye Buffalo Ranch, Fredericksburg, Iowa Philippians 2:3-4 Don’t do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves. And look out for one another’s interests, not just for your own. Douglas Korpi answered an ad that read, “male college students needed…
Whychus Creek Overlook, Sisters, OR Luke 13:11-14 GNT A woman there had an evil spirit that had kept her sick for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called out to her, “Woman, you are free from your sickness!” He placed his hands on…
Cheat Grass of Oregon My poor husband was ripped from his sleep last night by his wife screaming, “Get out! GET OUT NOW!” I was dreaming that I was going to open a little shop and two of my nieces were helping me get ready to open. I, being unaccustomed to wearing heels (in reality…
I stepped out onto my back porch tonight, and the cool night breeze was so refreshing. The nighthawks were swooping and diving like the bats back in Iowa do at this time of early night. With a deep sigh, I realized I am homesick, not for a particular location, but a time. I am homesick…
A Love Letter to Jesus Dear Jesus, Thank you! God loved me so much He sent You and You loved me so much that You sent your Holy Spirit, but so much selfless love is incomprehensible. Thank you for finding ways to wrap me in that crazy magnanimous love so I can feel it in…
