“Perfect Peace” by Reva Lachica Moore (I wrote this in 2014) I was sitting in the waiting area of the doctor’s office with my 3-year-old granddaughter when I noticed a man trying to get the little girl’s attention. She was preoccupied playing games on my IPad. Once in a while, she would look at the … Read more
“If My People Will Humble Themselves and Pray” by Reva Lachica Moore My husband J.R. was walking under the trees in our front yard when a falling bark almost hit him. He looked up and noticed a cluster of pine trees with parts of their trunks exposed. Their pine needles had turned yellowish brown and … Read more
“If My People Will Humble Themselves and Pray” by Reva Lachica Moore My husband J.R. was walking under the trees in our front yard when a falling bark almost hit him. He looked up and noticed a cluster of pine trees with parts of their trunks exposed. Their pine needles had turned yellowish brown and … Read more
“God’s great loving-kindness” by Reva Lachica Moore When I encounter problems, I hear people tell me: “It will get worse before it gets better.” And oftentimes, it really does. A few years ago, I read a story about a woman who had a small, dark brown spot on the tip of her nose. She didn’t … Read more
“Dangling, Crawling Annoyances” by Reva Lachica Moore Winter is over and as expected, our acre yard badly needed work. Underneath the carpet of dead leaves and twigs, new blades of grass had started to peek. On the first day of spring, J.R. worked in the yard picking up twigs and running the lawn sweeper – … Read more
A “Fish” Story by Reva Lachica Moore “Reva, how’d you like to come surf fishing with us?” my husband Edwin asked me one day. “What? You’re asking me to stand in waist-deep water for hours just to fish? Why can’t we go fishing in your bass boat?” I never understood why some folks like surf … Read more
“Thank God for the Rain!” by Reva Lachica Moore Pulling weeds during a brutally hot day can be backbreaking. However, for the groundcover plants to fill the garden area, it needed to be done. So, each day I’m already poised, sitting on my garden seat, pulling weeds at 6:30 in the morning. The weatherman had … Read more
“Thank God for the Rain!” by Reva Lachica Moore Pulling weeds during a brutally hot day can be backbreaking. However, for the groundcover plants to fill the garden area, it needed to be done. So, each day I’m already poised, sitting on my garden seat, pulling weeds at 6:30 in the morning. The weatherman had … Read more
“The Sounds of the Trees” by Reva Lachica Moore There are times when I yearn for a moment to be alone. When there are no people, no traffic, no appointments, no to-do lists, no errands to run. And before all energy is drained. When I could just sit in complete quietude and look at the … Read more
“The Sounds of the Trees” by Reva Lachica Moore There are times when I yearn for a moment to be alone. When there are no people, no traffic, no appointments, no to-do lists, no errands to run. And before all energy is drained. When I could just sit in complete quietude and look at the … Read more