by Merita Atherly Engen | Dec 11, 2014 | Fatherly, God of Our Ultimates, Loving, Motherly, Points of Light, Salvation, Shining on God's Character
Five-year-old Caleb came into the bedroom first thing one morning clutching his money box. He wanted to show me that he could buy the toy of his dreams. “You know, Momma, the one where the car goes ’round and ’round.” Yes, I knew. The one we had told him he would have...
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 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,...
