Reaching!
As I was walking past the living room, I noticed the clerodendrum (tropical bleeding heart) had grown off its support post … and was reaching still further. Immediately the verse popped into my mind: “Forgetting what is behind…
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…
Faith Multiplied
Three years ago, my daughter gave me a small aloe vera plant as a birthday gift. It was a very small plant … but it grew. It grew and grew, and before I knew it, there were multiple…
Choosing to Praise
When I first came across some little blooms like these, I was about to admire them … but then I realized they were on sticker bushes and I therefore deemed them unworthy of being awed over. But afterwards,…
Teeny tiny things!
God cares about the teeny tiny things! What you might not have noticed at first glance is that there is a tiny little white/translucent spider on the top flower, just underneath the yellow part. The spider blends into…
Praise … from a hidden place
Each March the quiet of winter is broken, as the nightly song of frog-chorus brings the forest back to life. Spring is on its way! Announced by praise … from a hidden place. The thing about the songs…
Warm Heart
This photo is one my kids took this past weekend while hiking in the Cascades. They came across many trees just like this one while on their hike. The lesson God gave my kids is that the warmth…
Hidden Away
I never cease to be amazed whenever I’m weeding in the yard to come across tiny little snails in the dirt … … each one has individually specific camouflage which is uniquely designed. It’s amazing! God cares about…
Fooled by Fake
We moved into our home in the forest a couple of years ago. That first October I was outside raking leaves when I came across the cutest little “lizard” among the wet soggy leaves. The little “lizard” sat…
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…