Fruit of Spirit Gentleness #3

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…
October 10, 2021Posted inHope, Life Lessons
How can I have peace?

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 ...…
August 13, 2021Posted inHope, Questions
How can I have hope??

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…
August 11, 2021Posted inHope, Questions
Is there a reason to hope?

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…
August 5, 2021Posted inHope, Questions
I’m so SAD

I’m so SAD

You will notice that today’s background photo is a “Seattle Rain” candle.   Living in the Pacific Northwest, just about all of us deal with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), especially during that long grey rainy stretch from January thru…
August 3, 2021Posted inHope, Life Lessons
What is Love?

What is Love?

Our world is a stormy tempest!!    Angry waves of confusion and turmoil rage on all sides! Fear and anxiety threaten to overwhelm!   Clear direction has vanished in the fog!  Hope and dreams have been dashed on the rocks!But look! …
July 25, 2021Posted inHope, Questions
Psalm 65:5-7

Psalm 65:5-7

"O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth, who formed the mountains by Your power, who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations."
May 16, 2021Posted inHope, Verse Art