God Can Redeem Your Mistakes
My daughter had a small cactus of which she was quite fond. It had a beautiful red bloom on the top … so she planted it in a bright red pot to match the bright red bloom. Eventually…
Beneath the Surface
Back in February we picked up four small raspberry cane starts. You know … one of those spur-of-the-moment purchases as you are walking into Home Depot … because you have the mid-winter doldrums, and you think that if…
The Hope of New Life
When we moved into our home a couple of years ago, there existed underneath the back deck a small bird’s nest. It was built high in a protected corner and served as home for many little bird babies…
Broken … but not beyond Hope
Back in 2018 I received a small cactus as a gift from a dear friend. The place where we were living at the time did not receive much sunlight, so as a result the cactus grew tall and…
Don’t Give up Hope
It had not even been a week and the tomato sprouts were poking their little green heads up out of the soil. Right at two weeks the watermelon and cantaloupe seeds all made their appearance in grand fashion.…
Fruit of Spirit Gentleness #6
The Fruit of the Spirit is GENTLENESS. We have been pondering the crushing we each experience in our daily workplace interactions. It is hard to be crushed each day at work. Jesus knows what it feels like to…
Fruit of Spirit Gentleness #3
The Fruit of the Spirit is GENTLENESS. Our background photo for today shows a new day dawning, during an early-morning work commute across Lake Washington. Have you ever considered the fact that day comes GENTLY? God doesn’t instantaneously…
How can I have peace?
Our world is a stormy mess! Mental storms! Emotional storms! Relational storms! Political storms! Economic storms!Mental health is a stormy mess!Emotional health is a stormy mess!Relationships are splintered and broken! Anger ... disappointment ... betrayal ... hurt ...…
How can I have hope??
The candle in today’s background photo represents each of our lives.Just as breezes will naturally blow, causing the little candle’s flame to flicker, so also breezes of difficulties will inevitably blow across our lives, causing our flame to…
Is there a reason to hope?
Today’s background photo is a Pumpkin Spice candle. Fall! … Fall is in the air! The kids are starting a brand-new year of school … a fresh clean slate, new teachers, new friends, new activities, new adventures. But…