Left oversโ€ฆ

Weโ€™re a week beyond Thanksgiving in the US, a holiday of feasts - food, people, football and shopping. Opportunities for indulging our flesh abound. While I believe we have no need to apologize for celebrating the goodness of God, we can certainly agree that we humans have a tendency towards excess, donโ€™t we? One of … Continue reading Left oversโ€ฆ

Wisdom Wednesday.03

Is there anyone who doesnโ€™t want to be wise? By daily, simple interactions with people in our western culture, I tend to believe that most of us want to be thought of as wise. Or at least, to be taken seriously, and perhaps to be thought of as right. God is wisdom, in that He … Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday.03

Results

Iโ€™m in favor of them. I like a โ€˜to doโ€™ list. I like a list because I like to check off the items as complete. And if I do something thatโ€™s not on my โ€˜to doโ€™ list, Iโ€™ll write it in just so I can check it off. Yes, I like to see results. And … Continue reading Results

Seasons Blending: His presence

Continued from Seasons Blending Jesus, Good Shepherd, taught us everything about His character that we wouldnโ€™t know except that He, in all His goodness, led us all the way through this past season, and into the sunshine of a new season. And how exactly did He do that? While Iโ€™m inadequate to fully understand Godโ€™s … Continue reading Seasons Blending: His presence

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โ€œIt took us about 30 minutes to adjust to the empty nest.โ€Randy Brittain Free Birds 2012 Some of you are gone. Youโ€™re clicking out because that one-liner just sounds harsh. However, a few of you want to know more. We, many times, but not always, find that the husbands are looking forward to an empty … Continue reading Page 6

Seasons Blending

I received a couple of pictures in a text earlier in the week. Beautiful colors of yellow, orange and a sprinkle of red popped from the screen. They were in the car, dad driving, and mom snapping pictures with her iPhone and sharing them with me by text. Knowing they were having an adventure made … Continue reading Seasons Blending

Striving Doesnโ€™t Set a Beautiful Table

โ€œBut Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, โ€œLord, donโ€™t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!โ€โ€โ€ญโ€ญLukeโ€ฌ โ€ญ10โ€ฌ:โ€ญ40โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Much has been written about Martha and her sister Mary. I doubt Iโ€™ve … Continue reading Striving Doesnโ€™t Set a Beautiful Table