It’s all about reading in context. Mine is very different from the next person, whose is very different from the next.

We see what we see and hear what we hear through the filters of our own stories, I suppose, and given my current context, this hit me like a truck.

Dad, best line of the day: Even with X Ray eyes, Superman doesn’t see into the future. He just has a better view of the present. (And stay tuned, new post from my dad is on the schedule.)

Solveig, not presumptuous. Not at all. I see it as bold, yes. But bold like He tells us to be in our confidence in His Word. He said He would be with you. So to agree that He was? Makes sense to me.

Jennifer, so glad to see you back too.

I, too, have experienced the “optional downgrade” in my own life — convinced that a move from metro to rural would be a step down. As it turns out, I got the better deal.

Great post. It’s good to be “back” here. I’ve missed my favorite bloggers — of which you are one.

Have we regretted it? I don’t think he ever looked back. He found his calling in teaching. I have at times–raising four children was costly. But now that everyone turned out and we’re retired, I wouldn’t have missed our ride for anything.

It sounds presumptious to say it, but God was with us and that made all the difference. And God will be with you, too. There will be trials of faith, but He is with you.

I’m so glad to be reading this book with you. I just knew you’d open my eyes to some different ways of seeing.