Image byTrevillion "You wanted me to get a new girl to replace Hester and I did." "I thought it would have been someone older. How old is this girl?" "Seventeen." "Seventeen? She's too young to be a lady's maid. Oh, Rufus, why couldn't you find someone a lot older--in her twenties or thirties?" "Cissy was …
Tempting God and Celibacy
It was a beautiful afternoon so Ede decided to go for a walk. She walked through a field covered with daisies and dandelions. She loved daisies but they had an earthy smell and some of them smelled like cow manure. That was why she was never tempted to pick them. Whether it was instinctive or …
Nellie
I used to work with a very sweet lady named Nellie until she retired. After she left the company five years ago, we promised to keep in touch and we have. She lives with her son, Joash, a bachelor. I met him five years ago when I visited Nellie at his beach house. He was …
Father Desjardins
Father Étienne Desjardins left the home of Mrs. Amadou, one of his parishioners and stepped into her garden. He had just spent over an hour with her, reading the Bible and praying the Rosary. She was one of the shut-ins. Arthritis in her knees made it difficult for her to get around as she used …
The Lord’s Promises
The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over (Psalm 12:6) I can always count on the Lord to keep His promises. When I was looking for a church, He promised that He would help me to find one. And He did. He had promised to take care of …
A Free Man
So if the Son makes you free, then you will be truly free - John 8:36 I didn't think that anybody cared about me. Why should they? I was a lowlife. I ran with the wrong crowd. Got into trouble all of the time. Gave my poor Mama a lot of grief. My Dad left …
Women and Arthritis
My mother used to have severe pain in her knees due to arthritis before she got replacements in them. I remember how swollen they looked. She told me that the arthritis might have been the result of scrubbing the floor on her knees. Since then they hurt and her mother put on them but they …
Notes to Women 