Emails to God
Each weekday I transpose and share the whispers and messages God places on my heart in the form of “Emails to God”.
Faster than a speeding bullet…
Dear Lord; Well Father, it never ceases to amaze me where my thoughts are led when I’m communing with You. For whatever reason, this morning on my drive into the office I was thinking about how the news lately seems to be filled with nothing but tragedy and heartache, and the general despair and discord of our citizens. Senseless shootings, hateful protests, skyrocketing unemployment, financial hardships, a rising crime rate, natural disasters, and the list goes on and on. What the world needs I decided, is a Superhero. Someone who...
read moreAnd My Focus Word is…
Dear Lord; Good morning Father. Today Lord, I want to follow up on a discussion we had earlier this week where we talked about finding my “One Word Focus” for this year. You and I have been “chatting” a lot about this over the last few days, and my mind’s been flooded with so many words describing parts of myself that I know could use work. Throughout all those deliberations and prayers however, I keep hearing one word in the midst of it all : Accept. Ok, message received… “Accept” it is. I’ll admit, it’s not quite...
read moreAccepting my Limitations
Dear Lord; Good morning Father, and happy Wednesday. Well, first off I want to thank You for limiting the snowfall in our neck of the woods. What potentially could have been a huge mess ended up being limited to a 3 – 4” coating that simply covered everything with a pretty white blanket. The kids still got a day off of school but everything else seems to be moving along as normal, for which I’m very much appreciative. Today Father, I’d like to discuss one of my biggest challenges if I may. I Lord, am a “fixer”; my...
read more‘Cause I can’t do this alone
Dear Lord; Good morning Father! Today Lord, I’d like to start out with an apology and to pray for your forgiveness. Yesterday, things were a little crazy at the office and I ended up having to put aside my plans to run out on to a client site over an hour away to deal with an unreasonable customer. The problem took all of five minutes to remedy on-site, and was absolutely something that could have been handled over the phone had we been allowed to. And while I didn’t show my anger to the client, I certainly blew my top when I got...
read moreThanks on a Monday
Dear Lord; Happy Monday Father! Well Lord, I just want to thank You for another lovely weekend. Date night with my lovely wife on Friday was a blast, Saturday we began to reclaim our home from the Christmas decorations, and Sunday was a wonderful lazy day watching the epic 1956 film “The Ten Commandments” with my family. The house is still in quite a bit of chaos, but all in all it was a wonderful, productive time and I thank You so much for it. I also want to take a minute to thank You for sending Your healing power to me over the...
read moreThe Stuff that Dreams are Made of
Dear Lord; Wow Father… What a powerful morning You’ve presented me with. I’m still not 100% sure what to make of it, but it’s got me excited nonetheless. Now, I’ve never been a big nighttime “dreamer”. In fact, I’m a chronic insomniac so when I do finally crash I very seldom remember what runs through my head the next morning. Last night however, was a completely different experience for me. Everything was so vivid, so real… When the alarm clock went off (and just FYI, I now realize that alarm clocks are one of...
read moreWith Joyful Songs
Dear Lord; Happy Thursday Father! I know I tend to talk about my boys quite a bit, but following up on yesterday’s conversation I just wanted to tell you about the ride in to school this morning. Following a posting from another blogger about listening to Christian Music (Thanks so much Jenifer!) early in the week, I did a little digging online and found that while there were no nearby stations that carry that genre, there was a local repeater transmitter that rebroadcast an appropriate station. It’s a weak signal to be sure, but it...
read moreBoys to Men
Dear Lord; Good morning Father! To start off today, I’d like to thank You for the emotional “purging” You helped me with yesterday. Sometimes, the hidden feelings that quietly eat at our spirits are the hardest to control, and it feels absolutely wonderful to have laid that one down. Every negative I can shed brings me that much closer to You. As You know, for Christmas I got both my boys new Children’s Bibles. These are lovely books Lord, which tell Your story and give Your Word to them in a way that they’re excited to read...
read moreMorning Realizations
Dear Lord; Good morning Father! Well, once again You’ve set the conversation topic for our morning chat. Here I was all ready to talk about plans for the new year, and then You intervened and kept redirecting me to discuss the morning rush at our house. Well Father, as You know weekday mornings at our home tend to be a little on the chaotic side. I’m the light sleeper in the house, so when the alarm goes off it’s me that gets up to start things rolling for the day (Shannon could sleep through a small nuclear device being detonated...
read moreBack to the Fold
Dear Lord; Well Father, the New Year is certainly upon us. However, instead of talking about new beginnings today, I want to go over last weekend if I may. As we’ve discussed at length, 2010 was in many ways an amazingly difficult year for myself and my family. Well, as of Friday morning I had yet one more potentially serious business nightmare crop up to finish off my year, and I’m afraid I crumbled. It was the proverbial last straw on the camel’s back, and I spent the bulk of my day sitting quietly in our bedroom, avoiding the...
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Hi, I’m Phil Malmstrom, a.k.a. Phather Phil. I’m self-employed, father of two wonderful young men, an ordained minister who delights in spreading Jesus’ Message of Hope and Love, a science-fiction junkie, an aspiring photographer and above all that one of God’s Children who rejoices in His Blessings each day. 
