Gratitude Archives - Page 11 of 19

Pondering penguins … and the purpose of life.

Over Christmas break, hubby and I watched a fascinating documentary about the first Triathlete ever to complete an Iron Man challenge in Antarctica! The title of the documentary is: Project Iceman (you can watch it here if you would…

January 2, 2024Gratitude

Ringing in the New Year!

For Christmas my son gave me the coolest gift … a small device called a PlantWave, by which I can listen to my plants “sing.” I’m not scientific, but as best as I understand it, all plants have…

January 1, 2024Gratitude

Unseen protection!

It was Christmas Day … hubby, our daughter, and I were on a road trip to visit family for Christmas. It was raining … heavy raining! The road mist and spray were so bad that the sight distance…

December 27, 2023Fear, Gratitude

Christmas Blessings!

Christmas Eve morning … the darkness of early morning began to give way to light, as the sky to the east slowly grew with the brilliance of crimson/orange/purple. I stood at the kitchen sink, gazing out the kitchen…

December 25, 2023Christmas, Gratitude

The gift of Christmas! (2023)

This past year of 2023 has been an incredibly difficult year for hubby and me. It has been a year of giving, and giving, and giving to serve God and love others. It has been absolutely exhausting! When…

December 13, 2023Christmas, Gratitude

God’s wedding dance song just for me!

Today is the day! The big day of the Wedding! There will not be dancing at the wedding. But the day before I boarded the plane and flew across the country, God gave me my very own personal…

December 9, 2023Gratitude

Another “I love you!” post-it note from God!

It was dusk … 4:30pm. In the drizzling rain and gathering darkness I was hurrying down my drive to go get the mail, when I suddenly noticed this heart-shaped rock in the middle of the driveway. “It’s another…

December 6, 2023Gratitude, What is God like?

I didn’t know caterpillars could freeze during the winter too!

Yesterday’s blog post was about how little wood frogs are able to survive the winter by freezing. I was amazed by this discovery! Every fall, just before temperatures drop and the frost comes, I always see little wooly…

December 5, 2023Gratitude, Lessons in the Dirt

A hole in your heart

I have been thinking a lot about our dear friends up in Alaska recently! The due date for their little baby was last week. I have been in much prayer for her delivery! And I have been thinking…

November 29, 2023Gratitude

Called by name!

Our dear friends in Alaska had their baby this week! My friend sent me a photo last night. I am so excited for them! A brand-new little life is an amazing miracle! As I gazed at the photo…

November 28, 2023Gratitude