I've been reading in the book of Esther. I am only to the 3rd chapter, but I have to say the one theme that jumps out at me is obedience. Esther was adopted into Mordecai's family, after the death of her parents. Later, Esther was chosen to be one of MANY young virgin girls to … Continue reading Obedience
I certainly will not receive a medal for committed prayer for my daughter. There were many times my discouragement I gave up, took a break. It's hard to continue to pray when you don't have the right attitude about what prayer is and does. A prayer is an act of faith. It is placing your … Continue reading It Happened So Fast
During a recent counseling session I was reminded that I was not keeping my yard clean. It wasn't a scolding, but a gentle reminder that I had gotten so off track and needed to start cleaning my yard. Your "yard" in counseling means the area of your life you let people in. People good and … Continue reading Keep Your Yard Clean
I was pretty excited a few weeks ago when I found tiny eggshells on my lawn. This meant that my newest birdhouse tenants just had their babies! The House Wrens were busy earlier making this beautiful nest out of the tiniest twigs- so cute. Plus they placed little leaves here and there as filler. Yesterday … Continue reading Get Back In That Nest
In the last two months I have had the same questions posed by two Christian authors "What holds you, the boat or the anchor?"
I was cleaning windows Saturday, and to make room I had to pick up my nativity platform (yes it was still outside). After picking it up and turning it over I discovered a butterfly cocoon. I bent down and saw that it was already open. Shoot! I was hoping to take it in the house … Continue reading Beauty Broken
For my grandson's birthday, we got him a little Fisher-Price dump truck. It has 2 pretend boulders, a driver, and an interactive dump lever. Along with all that comes battery-powered noise. The dump truck makes a backing-up sound, idling sound, horn honk, the driver figure says something, and then a song "When You Have A … Continue reading Do Your Best
I am sometimes in awe of what God hears of all my asking and ramblings. I was saying one day it sure would be nice to hold an oriole. They have such a pretty song and are so beautiful. I had just gotten in the house with Trey and Tucker. Trey was busy motoring around … Continue reading One In the Hand
One of the funniest sayings my mom would say was " So and So keeps company with...". I found it interesting when she would say that. Then as I got older I figured out that she was saying XYZ is friends with ABC- they have an active friendship. More than often, my mom would remind … Continue reading Careful Who You “Keep Company With”
Google photos sent me a notification yesterday. It wanted to show me what happened on this day or this week last year. It was interesting to see all that has happened over the last 8 years. Of interest, was a lilac tree that I had taken a picture of last year. It was in beautiful … Continue reading Blossoms
