What is God like?

Over the course of this past year, I did a series of blog posts over the topic:  What is God like.  Yesterday I discovered among my files this particular graphic which I made for that series, and which…

I was walking loops for exercise around my front drive when my attention was caught by this heart-shaped Cascara leaf.    “It’s an ‘I love you’ post-it note from God” was my immediate blink reaction!   I knew that my…

My son just now sent me this photo  …     These mushrooms he just discovered growing in his yard this morning!    There is something exciting about discovering a mushroom growing in your yard!    Especially when you’ve never seen…

This summer hubby and I, along with our two kids, were driving across a vast expansive landscape, when I glanced off to the right and noticed this small house and barn nestled up against this mighty hillside!   Phenomenal…

The area where I live was once covered over by glaciers.    As the glaciers retreated, they carved out deep valleys.   Everywhere I look I see evidence on the landscape of the glaciers.   I have tried repeatedly to imagine…

Recently hubby and I were in Alaska visiting some very dear friends of ours.    While there, a fellow tourist recommended Reflections Lake Trail.    So we decided to check it out.   It did not disappoint.   Reflections Lake Trail is…

I wanted to give you an update on my Hoopes rose.    I shared in a previous blog post how the parsley had decided to move into my Hoopes rose’s pot this spring.    The pot was plenty big enough…

"It is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast." - Ephesians 2:8-9

Psalm 23:1 - "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want."Sometimes it doesn't feel like "I shall not want. Especially when God says "No" to the things I really really want.My good shepherd has a purpose and…

This past Sunday's sermon was from Psalm 23: "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want."I have since been pondering how that sometimes it doesn't feel like "I shall not want." Sometimes there are things that I…