Posted in November 2013 …

I tuned in to Ann Voskamp’s Christmas at the Farm web cast Thursday. Her farmhouse was beautifully decorated for Christmas. Not in a loud, brash manor but elegantly simple like our Savior. A manger sat upon pine boughs splayed across the mantle, candles glowing on either side. An upside down Jesse Tree hung form the … Continue reading →

Blogaversry

I year ago today I posted my first blog post. It has been an adventure. I want to thank all of you who have stopped by, left comments, followed me, read my post, and been an encouragement to me. And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow … Continue reading →

Five Minute Friday Fly

Hooking up with Five Minute Friday. For five minutes (on one word) of free writing without worrying about getting it right. Today’s word is Fly. Fly Whenever I hear the words: flying, airplane, air travel, airport, or airlines my husband immediately comes to mind. As an adolescent God placed a passion within him for flying. He … Continue reading →

Do They Know We Love Them?

Do they know we love them? Those children whom we love, who are on the breath of our every thought. Do they know we love them? That love throbs through our veins with the urgency of a freight train threatening to burst our heart wide…open? We train, guide, nurture, disciple, and plan for their future. … Continue reading →

Power Of The Tongue

Words are powerful. Used for good they can bring change to a hurting world. Used without thought or care or with intent to wound, they can leave scars that may last a lifetime. James warns us how untamable is the tongue. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of … Continue reading →

Harvest

One summer when I was about nine or ten my parents went into the custom baling business. Baling hay and straw is hard, hot, tiring work–not a job for the faint of heart. Not only do you have to work under the sweltering summer sun, but you have to cloth yourself in long sleeves and … Continue reading →

27 Million Stones

Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 I have a voice and want to use it to speak for those who are powerless and unable to speak for themselves. Our world is filled with people in desparate need of our help–broken, crushed, abused, … Continue reading →

Season’s First Snow

Driving home with my son last evening rain splatters upon the windshield and begins to turn icy. He questions if the rain looks to be turning into snow his voice tinged with hopefulness. He loves snow, perhaps, it has something to do with being born in our Chevy Venture in the middle of a snow … Continue reading →

Blue Jay’s Message

Limb after limb the blue jay hops. His feathers a flash of blue as he journeys from here to there. Could he be counting the gifts from above? Leaves of changing color beneath his tiny feet. Ground washed in a coloration of beauty. Sky of blue above his head. Acorns wearing caps, plentiful to gather … Continue reading →

Truth

Truth, If we wish to explore, places unknown, a guiding compass would be necessary to avoid losing our way. To live our one life well, we too, will need a compass–truth–for which to guide our days. There’s only one place I know truth to be found and that is God’s Holy Word. Your word is … Continue reading →

Allume 2013

Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have … Continue reading →

God’s Handiwork

God’s magnificence is visible for all to see in His creations. We must not forget that we (His creations) too, are on display for all the world to see. The world view’s Christians through our actions–for good or for bad. We are to be the hands and feet of Jesus, therefore, when we are less … Continue reading →

Glory of God

The glory of God shines bright for all the world to see. Trees dressed splendidly in a kaleidoscope of crimson and burgundy, red and orange, yellow and gold; and all hues in between. Purple asters and goldenrod’s crowning head mingle with berries of red. Fields brimming with stalks of corn reaching toward the heavens, row after … Continue reading →