Bird on the Bricks
Birds are meant to fly.But if they have been hurt or injured, they are forced to land in a place which is not safe for them ... and can result in further damage unless someone comes along and…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #7
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Over the course of the past week we have been considering the similarities between raging wildfires, and the raging lack of self-control we are observing in our world and in society…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #6
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Last year, September 2020, saw one of the worst wildfires in Oregon state history, with the Santiam Fire. No one quite knows how the Santiam Fire started, though rumors and speculation…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #5
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Words cannot describe the sound of an 80-foot-tall Western Red Cedar, Western Hemlock, or Douglas Fir snapping, splintering, and crashing to the ground!! The sound is absolutely terrifying! It sends chills…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #4
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Today’s background photo was taken from an airplane, high above eastern Washington, as smoke-choked skies obstruct the view and block out the sun. Wildfires are terrible!! Not only do they devastate…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #3
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. In discussing the topic of SELF-CONTROL, we have been considering the irreparable damage an uncontrolled tongue can do: “The tongue is a small part of the body … Consider what a…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #2
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Our guiding passage for our look at SELF-CONTROL is James 3:5-6: “The tongue is a small part of the body … Consider what a great forest is set on fire by…
Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #1
The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Over the past 8 weeks we have been taking a look at the Fruit of the Spirit. Throughout the course of our study, our background images have contrasted light vs darkness. …
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 flame of…
Blowing anger all over everyone!
Today’s background photo pretty much sums up our world. Just about everyone everywhere is reacting to life by blowing fiery anger, rage, and hatred all over everyone else! “A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a…