Lessons from the Porch at Kenley Cove
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After the Great Flood, God wanted to establish a covenant with Noah that He would not destroy the earth again by flood. As with any covenant, there had to be a sign or symbol to mark the occasion and serve as a reminder. Genesis 9:16 says, "When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth." We know this, of course, as the rainbow. But look at where the sign was--in the cloud. During the dark times in our lives, the times we need to be reminded of God's great promises to His children, think of this: The sign of the promise is in the cloud! If we didn't have clouds in our lives, we'd probably never see the sign of God's amazing promise to care for His children, and of His faithfulness to us.
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Mary Alice Kenley names everything: Stella the new stove; Sherry, the huge houseplant in the TV room; and on and on it goes. If you can get your head around that, it’s easy to see that she would name her houses. As she and her husband approached what she calls “a certain age” and decided it was time to move away from the city, they found a shabby little place on Logan Martin Lake in Alabama that they painstakingly chiseled into their sweet little spot. A friend’s daughter suggested they call it Kenley Cove, and it just felt right. Family went together and bought mugs for them that had Kenley Cove on one side and her favorite scripture on the other, so it was official!
Mary Alice lives in this spot with a man she calls Awesome Wonderful. Dr. Bob Kenley is a retired Christian school headmaster; Mary Alice says he is awesome and he is wonderful, so the moniker fits! She is a retired lobbyist. Awesome Wonderful chose to return to the classroom after retirement, while she chose—at age 60—to go back to school to learn how to help people through marriage and family counseling. That’s what she does a few hours a week at Kenley Cove.
These writings are taken from experiences in counseling couples, working with groups, and her own personal walk with God. You will laugh and you will cry and hopefully you will be encouraged. That’s the prayer from the porch at Kenley Cove.
About the Author
Mary Alice Kenley is a retired lobbyist turned counselor and author. In nice weather, she can be found counseling on the porch of their home in rural Alabama. She lives lakeside in tiny Cropwell, Alabama, with her husband of almost a half century, Bob. They enjoy entertaining family, extended family, and friends in their backyard and on the lake.