I mentioned yesterday morning as gray and rainy. WELL. THIS morning, was definitely all macho-competitive-bring-it about topping yesterday. And it totally did. It whooped. It gailed. It whistled fiercely. It rained and yammered and all-the-terrifically-fierce things. A whole lotta years ago, I wrote this post about WIND and my feelings haven’t changed. LET ME TELL […]
Tricked Into Treasuring Trash
I’ll spare you the more repulsive details… . . Only enough to provide a framework for the lesson Miss Jackie acted out for me as we took an evening stroll. The thermometer blinked a forty-nine degrees and the sun shone overhead. A warm hat and fuzzy gloves warded off the chilly wind as we headed […]
The Glory of the Plan of God
Dear, dear Father, Thank you for all your good, good gifts. Help us, Lord, in your strength to fully live into today, this moment, pulling all the joy and happiness from it and seeing it in the people you have blessed us with. May we comprehend a tiny bit more the total unexplainable gift of […]
Living Life, Un-Canceled
I sat across from my friend at her kitchen island as we discussed pain. She wasn’t feeling her best and I told her she could’ve cancelled our plans. She looked me in the eye and replied, “You can’t cancel life.” I mulled these words over for a long time. It’s true. You can’t cancel […]
Holy Roar CD Giveaway
A very fun thing for this Friday, friends! Holy Roar arrives filled with music and passion and praise. It’s a brand-new CD from Chris Tomlin and not only is it available wherever music is sold, we have a giveaway for a CD today! A description I received about HOLY ROAR: the freedom, the experience, the […]
Faithful Forever
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them – the Lord, who remains faithful forever!!! ~ Psalm 146:5-6 F ather A bba I mmeasurable Love T rustworthy H ighly exalted F eels my […]
God’s Got It {And It’s Under Control}
I’m so happy to bring you this guest post today, shared by my friend, Jennifer Dukes Lee from her newly released book, It’s All Under Control. {you’ve seen me talking about it!!! Posts here and here} As a farmer’s wife for twenty-one years, I really resonate with this post of Jennifer’s. At the […]
Tori Kelly Hiding Place CD Giveaway
It’s a music cd giveaway today! Tori Kelly and her new cd Hiding Place ~ I really liked song #6 on the cd, titled Questions. I definitely find myself facing questions at times and pouring them out to God. Yet, even though I question sometimes, I trust His faithfulness and rest in knowing He always […]
Gratitude For Jesus and Happy Things
Three devotions I recently posted on Instagram ~ He Meets Our Needs Water-pelted soil lies damp, deep, silent. The water-runs leave furrows and marks and the dirt, now mud-clumped, shows the etched lines left by my farmer’s implement. It contrasts beautifully against the brilliant blue this Kansas sky is so good at. It shouts silently […]
In Which I Think About Special Days and Friendship
I do not claim to understand life. The living and breathing and moving of it. The heart of it and soul in it and soul in us. Mystery this. How we live in the moments and the clock tick-tocks them away faster than we can say hickory-dickory-dock and wraps them up into memory packages for […]
Rejoice! Be Glad! And Give Him Glory.
Rain drip, drip, drops from the sky and the eaves this morning. It sounds companionable and cozy. Gray skies hug around the house and I curl my hands around the warmth of my brightly flowered coffee mug. I sip the coffee, this brew I finally managed to make after wrangling with our Keurig a bit. […]
I’m Happy Today
🎶🎶 I’m happy today, Oh, yes, I’m happy today, in Jesus Christ, I’m happy today, Because He’s taken all my sins away! And that’s why I’m happy today! 🎶🎶 . . . Yesterday afternoon, I hosted my sister-in-law and a few friends and my four little nieces, of course, to celebrate her 30th birthday. As […]
What a Wonderful Day
What a wonderful day! I’ve never seen this one before! ~ Maya Angelou I shared this quote in my Instagram space about a month ago. I love it and the words lingered in my mind. A few days ago, I pulled out my box of gold letters and sorted through and spelled out this beautiful […]
Placing Rejoice on Repeat
Place Rejoice on repeat. . This is my reminder to myself on this beautiful new Saturday morning. July 28, 2018 has never been here before and won’t be again. Mystery, that. The elusiveness of time and sometimes the elusiveness of rejoicing in every good day the way I long to. . Rejoice. . rejoice for […]
The Grace of Breath
It’s in sunlight streaming around well-loved patio chairs. It’s in rough hard-working hands building tables. It’s in cheerful mockingbird trills and chatter. It’s in good morning kisses. It ripples right through a puppy dog as she drops her favorite green rope at your feet. Shared adventures sing of it and gritty sand and shells do […]
Taken Care Of
James 5:7 ~ Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen. This past season, on our farm calendar, we waited and we waited and […]
