by Merita Atherly Engen | Nov 26, 2014 | Intro & Knowing God, Points of Light
Edna stepped inside the door and offered her ruby-red, Thanksgiving treasure in a Tupperware container. This wasn’t the first time Edna had shown up at the front door of my daughter’s home, her warm smile erasing what were most likely wrinkles of weariness. Back when...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Nov 5, 2014 | Fatherly, God of Our Ultimates, Humorous, Points of Light, Protector, Shining on God's Character, Survival
“Why didn’t you, God?” Esther snapped. She slammed the lady’s room stall door and jerked the lock into its latch. “We trusted you. We prayed.” She dropped with a thud onto the commode. “This was suppose to be the perfect vacation. Why did you let this happen?”...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Oct 23, 2014 | Destiny, God of Our Ultimates, Grief, Healer, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character
“Are the rooms clean?” I asked when I called for reservations. Well, I didn’t know. It was a center, a Family Reconciliation Center they called it, made available for the family and friends of those incarcerated while they came for prison visitation. I had never done...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Oct 9, 2014 | God of Our Ultimates, Healer, Identity, Joyful, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character
Guest Blog, Poetry, and Photography by JerryAnn Berry Finding my way to identity while filled with the shame of sin and abuse was like a maze of mirrors. I never knew if what I was seeing was my reflection at all. In the end I realized God found me and He knew where I...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Sep 29, 2014 | Creative, Faithful, Forgiving, Loving, Points of Light, Respectful, Shining on God's Character
His heart burned with love and there was no cure. Night and day the glory of it consumed his being. Tortuous burning. White hot and pure. He longed to communicate, to reach out, to touch, and to finally know that he had been heard and perhaps, just perhaps, been...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Sep 18, 2014 | Giver, Points of Light, Praiseworthy, Shining on God's Character, Timely
(This story, shared after last Thursday’s blog, “Partial to Kids,” is a present day — as in last week — God-timed event. Thank you, Breta, for sharing. It’s been a crazy full week for me. I’ve been praying for a story or not,...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Sep 11, 2014 | Giver, God of Our Ultimates, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character, Success
“Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the Kingdom of God.” Mark 10:14 The year was 1954. Clara raised her three children in the apartment above the garage while Hartman, her husband, ground out hours of labor establishing a business...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Sep 4, 2014 | God of Our Ultimates, Good, Identity, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 It had been a long seven years for Bobbi, but she never looked back. Schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, Age Related Dementia,...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Aug 28, 2014 | Giver, Good, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” James 1:16 & 17 A mound of cherries still warm from the orchard waited in a bowl on Grandma’s table....
by Merita Atherly Engen | Aug 22, 2014 | Belonging, Forgiving, God of Our Ultimates, Kind, Peaceful, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character
Chaos in a Midwestern town. Desperation in the mountains of Iraq. Fear in an Amish community. A politician in Kenya who calls himself Christian wants a law that stones humans of differing sexuality. It may seem odd, but what comes to mind as I read the posts and watch...
