God is my comfort … God is my healer.
God is my comfort. “I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you: ‘Do not fear. I will help you.’” - Isaiah 41:13 God is my healer. “I am poor and…
God goes before me … God is in control.
God goes before me.“It is the LORD who goes before you; He will not leave or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” - Deuteronomy 31:8 God is my strength.“Be strong and courageous. Do not be discouraged,…
It’s all still there …
My son sent me a devotional thought for a blog post (which I shared in the last blog post). I was needing a photo to go with the post, so I went searching through our family Teams Messages…
If you capture the queen, you eradicate the colony.
I was in the kitchen doing the dishes yesterday afternoon when suddenly a huge yellowjacket flew up into the kitchen window trying to get out! Scared the daylights out of me! I grabbed my electric mosquito zapper, and…
Party-crasher!
My daughter-in-law invited me to a crafting party she had been invited to. The other invited guests were her mom and sisters (all of whom I knew and am close to) as well as another mutual friend. The…
The standard hasn’t changed
I pulled out my 1-teaspoon measuring spoon this morning to measure out my tea leaves for my morning’s cup of tea. I was struck with how I have been using this exact same set of measuring spoons for…
Be still … and know that I am God.
The sun shines in my back windows … bringing life to my little containers of sprouts. It does not make any noise. There is no sound. It is very “still.” Yet life and growth is occurring! The little…
Possibly the deepest human needs:
- To know, and to be known (and cared about) - To be needed - To be appreciated
The best expression of love is time.
The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time.
Gather every empty pot you can find!
There were 24 different packets of seeds in the Advent Seed Calendar which my son and daughter-in-law gave me for Christmas – a different packet of seeds for each day counting down to Christmas. Is that not the…