Today I have a bit of inspiration for you if you’d like to skim it. It comes from reflecting back on taking care of little people every day. This list of ten are simple. I believe deeply in them and they worked for me. BUT, that doesn’t mean it’s tried and true for everyone. […]
How Good of God to Give Me This
I have tried since…to make every pleasure into a channel of adoration. I don’t mean simply by giving thanks for it. One must of course give thanks, but I meant something different…Gratitude exclaims, very properly, “How good of God to give me this. One’s mind runs back up the sunbeam to the sun.” ~ C.S. […]
Who Can Tilt The Water Jars of Heaven?
~Job 38:36-38 ~ Who put wisdom in the heart or gave the mind understanding? Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven when the dust hardens like cast metal and the clods of dirt stick together? Who hears my prayers? My fervent request for wisdom and […]
How Are You Today?
How are you doing today, my friend? The text message asks me. The pixellated black letters, typed by the fingers of my friend, and whirled into who-knows-where, by the tapping of the send button and arriving moments later on my phone. It’s enough to make my head spin. It’s a simple everyday thing I take […]
Gifts That Keep On Giving and Summer Blessing 2017 Giveaway
One of the best things about gifts? They keep on giving. When I see the pillow from my sister, I think of her. When I drink out of the coffee mug Abbi gave me, I think of her. The gifts from friends and family bless me again and again. Often, I whisper a prayer for […]
Labels and Names
The world will label you all your life. Tall, short, smart, bossy, ugly, pretty, worth it, and not. But here is the only label that truly matters: “Now this is what the Lord says – the one who created you, Jacob, the one who formed you, Israel – Do not fear, for I have redeemed […]
Of Dreams and Truck Driving
Once upon a time, long long ago, seventeen-years-long-and-SHORT-ago, after a long, long wait and labor, a big-eyed baby girl was born. She had a soft wisp of dark hair, chibby-chubby cheeks and a little button nose just right for kissing. This girl was cuddled and loved and she grew into a chattery toddler cherub. She […]
Nothing Can Separate Us
I’d walked through the cemetery and I stood at the edge turning to leave. As I did, the backdrop of blue laced with clouds and edged with green trees caught my attention and pulled my footsteps to a stop. I turned more fully around to look at it and take in the contrast. The day […]
Capturing Story
Each photograph is a story captured in a single moment. ~ unknown Stories mean a lot. Stories matter. Stories teach. Stories make life interesting. Stories grab our attention. And we each are living our very own story. We all have a story we’re telling. Isn’t that exciting? The bad days, the sad days, the good […]
Waiting For Harvest
Waiting for harvest, Waiting this year, Wheat growing golden, Time’s drawing near. Listen? You hear it? Rustling stalks. Waiting for harvest, Wheat fields, they talk. They whisper “It’s coming. Coming quite soon.” Grain is a’drying. Stalks playing their tune. Dancing and waving and waiting too, Waiting for harvest, Skies are so blue. Wheat seed we planted, […]
All the Afraids
I snuggled a little deeper in my blanket and turned the page. The words and the book spoke inspiration and encouragement to me. Though Christmas was over, I’d begun reading Because of Bethlehem by Max Lucado. As my eyes ran over the page, my heart did a little turn as I read this story. We can […]
A Washer and A Dryer and a Memory or Twenty
Twenty years old. This washer&dryer. They’ve seen a few loads of laundry between then and now. They’ve churned away at a lot of dirt and grease from my farmer man’s jeans, cycled who-knows-how-many-times and fluffed a lot of loads to dryness. Blankets. Sheets. Dear, dear baby laundry. Load after load of everyday laundry. Laundry from […]
Walking Steadfastly, Doing What Is Right
The sun and the dew and the wheat all spun themselves into a glorious combination on this beautiful spring morning. I tried. But as smart as my phone is and as good as the camera contained within is, it could not capture the beauty and shine. I’d been sitting there in my chair under my […]
Ten Takes I’ve Learned About Living With Pain
Pain. Aches. Headaches. Wounds. Hurts. We all deal with them in our lives. There’s no escaping it. Pain is a part of life physically, mentally and emotionally. At sometime, in some way, we will endure painful things. Thankfully, many times the pain passes quickly. Other times it lingers. And sometimes it becomes an unwelcome part […]
A Piece of Time
Snippets. Squares. Segments. Call them what you will. These captured details from my day. A sliver-y slice of time held in pixels. The moon is glowing golden and glorious in the dark sky. It’s saying hello to me through the window in my living room. Lamps glow golden on the inside, casting cozy home and […]
Grateful for Today
Psalm 16:2 I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.” vs 5-6 ~ Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• […]
