Discomfort … in the “in-between.”

Discomfort … in the “in-between.”

Yesterday morning I had gotten the fire going for the day, then I headed outside in search of “beauty in the ‘in-between.’”  (I wrote about this in yesterday’s blog post)   I was outside for about 30 minutes.   When…
December 6, 2024Posted inLife Lessons
Gratitude … from a dental chair

Gratitude … from a dental chair

I found myself sitting in a dental chair this week  …  gazing up at a tv screen which displayed the most adorable photo of the dental assistant’s dog, all dressed up in its Halloween costume!    (Haha!)    It seems…
November 1, 2024Posted inGratitude, Life Lessons
Caught off guard!!

Caught off guard!!

I was sitting at my dining room table early this morning  (in my pj’s)  enjoying a nice cup of tea and listening to an online sermon  …  when the driveway Ring notification went off!    Oh no!   Are the…
October 15, 2024Posted inLife Lessons
Freaking out!

Freaking out!

Concrete roofing tiles came flying off my roof, from almost 3-stories up  …  landing with a terrible,  jarring,  shattering  crash!  in a metal dumpster-trailer parked just outside my kitchen window.    It was rather unnerving!   Crash!  …  after crash! …
October 13, 2024Posted inFear, Life Lessons
Barely a flicker

Barely a flicker

Do you ever feel like your “flame” is just barely a flicker?   This time of year, it’s nice to light a candle  …  because the mornings are dark and cold  …  and the days are rainy and grey.  …
October 9, 2024Posted inLife Lessons
Sunrise in the Rain

Sunrise in the Rain

In the darkness of early morning the sky began to turn brilliant out my kitchen window.  This definitely calls for a walk down the street to see the sunrise!   I pulled on a coat and headed out the…
October 5, 2024Posted inGrief, Life Lessons
Love poured out!

Love poured out!

"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us!" - 1 John 3:1 The water flowing over the falls can represent God's love pouring into our life! God loves us!"God is love. Whoever lives in love…
October 4, 2024Posted inLife Lessons
It flows downstream!

It flows downstream!

A few days ago, the blog posts looked at the passage in Romans 5:1-5:"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by…
October 3, 2024Posted inLife Lessons