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
Esther 1:1-2 "And on the third day, after putting on her royal robes, Esther stood in the inner court of the royal palace, opposite the king's house. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal palace opposite the entrance, and when he noticed Queen Esther standing in the court, she won his… Continue reading THE HEART OF THE KING
Ps. 102:3 "For my days have been consumed in smoke....." August 17th it all began; thunder and lightning and fires! Everywhere... hundreds of lightning strikes, starting hundreds of fires; in the west, to the north, in the south and to the east; we were surrounded by fires. It is now October and most of the… Continue reading SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Esther 4:13-16 "Mordecai had this answer sent to Esther: 'Do not imagine you will escape inside the king's house, any more than the rest of the Jews. If you persist in saying nothing at this crisis, relief and succour will appear for the Jews from some other quarter, but you will perish, you and your… Continue reading ESTHER’S VICTORY
Gen. 12: 1-3 Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, and from your relatives (go for yourself) and from your father's house, to the land which I will show you; and I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you… Continue reading FOUNDATIONS
Does the world feel like it's gone crazy? That it is upside down, backwards and inside out? Out of kilter, off balance and that there is no solid ground to stand on any more? It used to feel safe. Normal was something we all....more or less....agreed on. But no more. I don't watch TV except… Continue reading LOOK FOR GOD’S HOPE IN THE MIDST OF THIS CRAZY WORLD
Pilgrim: a traveler or a wanderer. Abraham was a pilgrim. God called him out of the land of the Chaldeans. Abraham heard Him, answered Him; and took his family, servants and all his livestock and traveled into a land that God led him into, where he made a covenant with God, established the nation of… Continue reading PILGRIMS IN AMERICA
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