Gen. 2:7 "Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being." We are a three part being: we are spirit, we have a soul and we live in a body. Our body was formed from the dust of… Continue reading REDEMPTION AND A RAINBOW
New trees, hollyhocks, raised bed garden; all are doing very well. The zucchini are starting to produce, the tomatoes are getting ready to ripen. The crooked neck squash almost ready to start harvesting and the peppers just beginning to produce. All are doing very well. I am very pleased with my raised bed garden. Last… Continue reading MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY; HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
Gen. 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." We live in a society that likes to think that the world created itself. They imagine millions of years during which time everything slowly became. They reason that one atom multiplied and created...something, which then changed and created something...else? Well, sounds fishy to… Continue reading WHO IS LORD?
Although spring wasn't officially here, according to the calendar, until March 20th, here in Northern California we have had spring like weather since January. We kept waiting for winter to arrive and it did in the mountains around us and northward to Oregon and Washington state, but here in the valley temperatures stayed mostly above… Continue reading SPRING HAS SPRUNG!!
All through 2020 we have waited for things to go back to normal; to return to the way things used to be. But, more and more, I am realizing that things are never going to go back to the way they were. It's a changed world, and it's not just COVID. We are now living… Continue reading NABOTH’S VINEYARD
I just read a story by a wise woman that reminded me of a story that happened to my mother long, long ago. My cat, who was living at my parent's home, brought a mouse into my mother's house and dropped the mouse on my mother's foot. She began to scream and jump and yelled… Continue reading THE UNWANTED GIFT
One of my pet peeves is not being able to finish something; even when I know my effort is wasted and the final result will not be in my favor. I just can't seem to walk away until I have the reached the end. In high school I took a geometry class as a college… Continue reading DON’T GIVE UP
The end of November is approaching quickly; bringing December and the end of a difficult year. I can't express my weariness in careful thoughts or phrases. It's been overwhelming. I don't watch news programs and haven't for more than twenty years....I don't trust the media. I have seen their twisted version of people and events,… Continue reading WEARY TRAVELER
1607: Robert Hunt walked out on a beach in Chesapeake Bay and consecrated this entire continent to the glory of God. 1620: the pilgrims wrote out a document called the "Mayflower Compact" in which they declared their purpose was to 'having undertaking for the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian faith'. 1630:… Continue reading ROOTS AND NEW GROWTH
Loss....something that everyone deals with at some point in their lives; and everyone deals with loss differently. In this year of COVID related separation from so much of our normal lives; loss has become a way of life: loss of employment/income, loss of being able to freely move about in our world without censor, loss… Continue reading LIFE AND LOSS
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