What does patience look like?

What does patience look like?

Today’s background photo is not at all like the previous photos thus far in our look at Patience.   Rather than a fuse,  today’s light is coming from a long wick, saturated in pure, clear oil.  The result is…
August 23, 2021Posted inLife Lessons, Questions
Letting off a few “sparks”!

Letting off a few “sparks”!

In today’s background photo sparks are flying.    A few sparks can’t hurt much … can they??Sometimes when our fuse is lit, we instinctively react by popping off a few “sparks”!   We’re not blowing a fame of anger…
August 22, 2021Posted inLife Lessons, Relationships
Blowing smoke!

Blowing smoke!

Today’s background photo pretty much sums up social media!  Everyone, everywhere airing their opinions and “blowing smoke!” ”A fool finds no pleasure in understanding, but delights in airing his own opinions.”   -Proverbs 18:2 “The tongue is a restless…
August 21, 2021Posted inLife Lessons
Fruit of Spirit Peace #7

Fruit of Spirit Peace #7

The Fruit of the Spirit is PEACE. This past week we have considered how Jesus left the LIGHT of heaven, the JOY of heaven, and the PEACE of heaven to come down into our dark stormy world to…
August 17, 2021Posted inLife Lessons
Fruit of Spirit Peace #6

Fruit of Spirit Peace #6

The Fruit of the Spirit is PEACE. Cape Blanco Lighthouse, pictured in today’s background photo, is seen shrouded in dense, heavy, thick fog!   A visitor arriving in the parking lot would assume the obvious … that the lighthouse…
August 16, 2021Posted inFear, Life Lessons
Your life is a gift!

Your life is a gift!

The candle in today’s background photo was a gift … a gift of love from my daughter. So also, God has given the world a gift of Love ... God has given His own Son, Jesus!  When we…
August 10, 2021Posted inLife Lessons
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
Joy is a weapon

Joy is a weapon

Everywhere we look, all we can see is pain, suffering, and evil running rampant.  It hardly seems fitting to talk about joy … … after all, isn’t joy synonymous with happiness, celebration, rejoicing??   There is no reason to…
August 2, 2021Posted inLife Lessons
I feel so far away

I feel so far away

There is a lot of hate everywhere in the world around us. Everywhere we look we see hatred. The lighthouse in today’s background photo is far, far away.  (Destruction Island Light, off the WA coast) This is what…
July 29, 2021Posted inLife Lessons