Author Archives: Dianne Horne

This story will bring tears to my eyes because my heart will recall the precious friend God delivered to me one day in a big yellow passenger van.  I will share our introduction to each other in a later story.  We enjoyed friendship with one another for only a short season, about a year andContinue reading “THE GIFT OF REFRESHMENT”

Our words “to others” and “about others” are so important.  I’d venture to say they are life changing! Proverbs 18:21  “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” This scenario happened many years ago.  I was a junior in high school at the time.    Summer break had come to an end and theContinue reading “A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT”

My husband and I were living in the Southeast part of the United States where we were on staff of a rather large church.   This particular  church was hosting some kind of dinner evening, and being on staff, we were automatically included on the guest list.  Personally, I’m not fond of head tables.  At thisContinue reading “A WEALTHY RELATIONSHIP”

It was a cold winter morning.   I had just arrived at church.  My husband was out of town that weekend.  I try and remember to ask the Lord to direct me to just the people He intends for me to meet and interact with each day.  Today was no exception, but it happened sooner thanContinue reading “WE MET IN THE PARKING LOT”

My husband and I resided in a small condo located downtown in a large city in southern California.   Our unit was on the street level.   So we saw quite a variety of people daily that walked past our patio.   Some were local residents, some were people that were homeless, and many were visiting from allContinue reading “A 7:00 a.m. LATTE DELIVERY”

The expression of our heart! A picture is worth a thousand words, we’ve all heard that expression, haven’t we?  But what does that convey?  For me, it’s when we see something so lovely, so heart-warming, and so delightful that it moves our hearts beyond verbal expression.   We hear people respond and speak of events asContinue reading “THE GIFT OF OUR WORDS”

Do you ever have a day when everything just seems to register “zero, not good, get your act together?”   My husband and I had moved into a home that was, shall we say, neglected beyond belief, both inside and out.   My attempts at clearing the outside extended way beyond what I anticipated.  On this dayContinue reading “A PICK UP THAT DIDN’T GO WELL”

I gave more than blood!  Good morning!  It was early that day, and even the sun hadn’t come up to shine, so the day’s routine involved getting out of the house at an earlier hour than normal.  I had an appointment to rendezvous with the people who draw blood!   Yep, our local medical laboratory. ThatContinue reading “EVENTS AT THE MEDICAL LAB”

Haven’t we all used the phrase, I was minding my own business when……? We lived in a large, metropolitan city in California for a time.  We were living in a condo that was at street level.  From there we saw all kinds of people from around the world pass by our little patio.   Some presumablyContinue reading “JUST STANDING ON THE CORNER”

It’s thrilling to me that God can take our ‘efforts in the ordinary’ and create them to be extraordinary….for His purposes. At various times of the year, God has called my husband to an overseas assignment.  For me, I was called to a more ‘local operation,’ only three blocks from our downtown condo.   I loveContinue reading “DOWNTOWN FRIENDSHIPS”