Heart Hope by Olga

It was to be the event of the season...the wedding of a young woman that I am close to was taking place. The event was special because the young couple is loved by many people in our community and in their hometown communities and God had brought them together.  My desire was to preserve the memories of the evening by taking lots of pictures, so I took the battery out of my camera in order to have it fully charged. However in my haste to get to the church to participate in all of the fun of getting the bride and her attendants dressed, picking up treats as bribes for the little children participants and reviewing all of the things I was to do during the day to make things run smoothly, I left my house without the battery. I had the camera, but the battery was still on the charger. The instrument was there to do its job, but without the source of energy, it was useless.  That camera is like our lives… we can show up, but if we don’t have the source of power that gives joy we...

The power cord on my computer had seen its better days. The constant wrapping of the cord while traveling or transporting it places had taken its toll and the wiring was loose. It had to be in just the perfect position to provide power and would often just cut off when in use if the computer was moved into the wrong position because the battery would no longer hold a charge. The cord had been rigged together with duct tape in hopes of expanding the life just a little longer. (I think I need a new laptop. What do you think?) A replacement cord had been searched for, but where we live it couldn’t be located. We had even tried a cord that had multiple heads, but none fit my make and model. However, tonight as my husband was packing for a trip, he discovered another set of plugs that he had used with his computer previously and laid it out to see if one of them might work with my setup.  They were all laid out without much optimism of finding one to fit since the previous set had ...