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Dear Children, You are creative. You are! We want you to believe that you are creative. God made the sun, moon and stars. And God made the trees. Genesis 1 May we tell you how I know you are creative? We know because God designed you. He thought of you and knew you before you … Continue reading shiney.notes.3

Simply Advent: Light

Itโ€™s Advent season, and weโ€™re beginning on the first day of December this year. What ideas about the Christmas season have you been pondering? I am pondering common threads, or themes, that repeat throughout the entirety of the Bible. Lately, Iโ€™ve been reading scriptures from different books of the Bible. Isaiah, who prophesied the coming … Continue reading Simply Advent: Light

Everyoneโ€ฆ

How many places do you frequent where EVERYONE is welcome? How often do you encounter the sense that EVERYONE has truly been invited? Is this statement in the Bible too good to be true? Paul, the Apostle, was the author of this letter to Roman Christians, and so it was Paul who penned these words, … Continue reading Everyoneโ€ฆ

I Wonder Whatโ€™s Been Stored

โ€All who heard the shepherdsโ€™ story were astonished, but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.โ€œโ€ญโ€ญLukeโ€ฌ โ€ญ2โ€ฌ:โ€ญ18โ€ฌ-โ€ญ19โ€ฌ โ€ญNLTโ€ฌโ€ฌ I think because itโ€™s the Christmas season and so many of us are writing about Advent scriptures and themes, I have pondered longer this year on the idea of Mary storing … Continue reading I Wonder Whatโ€™s Been Stored

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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

Could you please clarify?

Just now. No filter. A feature of our town that I love most are the mountains. They fascinate me with the varied heights of the peaks, the textures, and shadows, and best of all the variety of colors from day to day and season to season. Iโ€™ve looked up almost every morning and evening for … Continue reading Could you please clarify?

Come To The Table

Dear Readers, I'm writing a new series. Come To The Table. It's about the many ways and times God invites us to dine with Him. We find His invitations to His table all throughout the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Visit my website by clicking here. ๏ฟผ Click the picture. Click the picture.๏ฟผBrowse around my … Continue reading Come To The Table