Officer Trouble
The sun beams overhead and an azure Atlantic is just visible through a verdant screen of palm trees and bougainvillea bushes to the west. Lush topiary covers the east side of Ocean Boulevard as well, shrouding gated spreads that line the avenue like new wedding cakes. On days like this… By Tristram KortenDecember 12, 2002 The […]
What Happened To Mom?
Part 1: First his mother was taken. Then came a criminal investigation. By Tristram Korten Joyce Santinello, 84-years-old and suffering from dementia, disappeared from her Fort Lauderdale apartment on March 5, 2024. Her son and primary caregiver, John Santinello, hasn’t seen her since. He’s turned to the police, the courts, and medical professionals for help only […]
Count me in
#MercifulPouringGrace I heard the priest say; “Accept His will even if it’s sleeping in” (Psalm 127:2) I felt a sign of relief for going back to sleep (Psalm 3:5) But wait I thought, what about sacrifice? (Hebrews 10:12) So yes mistakes, happen. We can be weak and blind ( 2 Corinthians 12:9-10) But we also […]
Ever-present help
#MercifulPouringGrace Father I know You will help us as You always have (John 14:16-17) Our very present help in every trouble because of who You are (Psalm 46:1) Holy, all good, merciful and loving more than we’ll ever now (Lamentations 3:22-23) Incomprehensible Your charity with a mind higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8-9) But thank God […]
My stability
#MercifulPouringGrace When everything and everyone is subject to change (Psalms 102:26-27) Lord, You are the only one that doesn’t, my constant (Malachi 3:6) And so the more open our eyes the more we see a need to heal (Mark 8:25) Going beyond and above to His glory; God is alive and real (Ephesians 3:20) Against […]
Only God
#MercifulPouringGrace Oh good God, our Father, who makes the simple wise (Psalm 19:7) Jesus was misjudged and so were His saints (Isaiah 53:3) Saint Francis, among others, was deemed crazy for their faith (John 15:18) Religious fanatics because most don’t understand (Romans 10:2, Hosea 4:6) Such as attending daily mass, considered extreme (Hebrews 10:25) Ever […]
Bless us, thy bounty
#MercifulPouringGrace Bless us oh Lord, these gifts which we are to receive from thy bounty (Psalm 103) Said before every meal. To show gratitude for providing (Ephesians 5:20) So when I say it before drinking water, I am reminding it’s not food (Matthew 6:25-34) Water is also a gift and it put me to think […]
Best with God
#MercifulPouringGrace Lord our Father how You take care of us, thank You (Psalm 55:22) You guide our steps, and pave the way to His glory (Proverbs 16:9) When meeting someone it’s not about us (Philippians 2:3-4) but what we can do for that person (2 Kings 4:13-16) It’s better to give than receive as we […]
God of wonders
#MercifulPouringGrace We believe in Your work, God of wonders whatever it will be (Psalm 77:14) Even demons obey You, and tremble at Your feet (James 2:19) You anoint our heads with oil and prepare our way (Psalm 23:5) The battle set before us, keeps our faith at bay (Hebrews 12:1) That which clears the fear […]
God of the impossible
#MercifulPouringGrace Oh sweet loving Lord save us, have mercy please (Psalm 123:3) Convert the persecutors, and soften hardened hearts (Matthew 13:15) Help us to love our enemies even if just in prayer (Matthew 5:44) No greater hurt than the soul that does not know God (1 John 4:8) And doesn’t know love. or the beauty […]