What is love?

When God first created the world, at the beginning of all time, everything was spectacularly perfect.   In the opening chapters of Genesis, in the Bible, we see that God delighted in having a close relationship with the very…

None of us are perfect.  Sooner or later those whom we care about will fail us.  And invariably we’ll fail them.  They will make mistakes;  they will make poor choices.   Life will “life” on them with sickness, hospitalization, job loss, heartache, etc. …   Eventually…

The lighthouse in the photo below is Kilauea Point Light, located on the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge.  The land the lighthouse sits on has been designated as a protected “safe place” for seabirds and other local wildlife.   It is a wonderful…

We each are unique and completely different.  Hubby is very matter-of-fact and logical … much like the light beacon pictured below.  It is a simple basic light beacon - gets the job done without a lot of drama.   I, on…

It takes courage to love tenaciously!   It takes courage for love to stand rock-solid and weather the storms!   It takes courage to warn those we love of things in their life that could “shipwreck” them.   It takes courage to shine the light through the lonely fog. …

When hubby and I arrived at the parking lot for Cape Blanco Lighthouse, everything was socked in with dense thick heavy fog!   From the parking lot, it was tempting to just hop over the guardrail fence and proceed…

Cape Flattery Lighthouse seems so far away.   Have you ever felt “so far away”?   When it comes to the relationships in our life it’s easy to “drift apart.”   Our schedules are so busy!  The demands weighing on us are many!  We…

Sometimes in life we feel like this lighthouse here  –  we are a short squatty lighthouse, when it seems like life “expects” us to be a tall skinny lighthouse.    We only have a small fourth-order Fresnel lens…

Once again, here you can see Cape Disappointment Light … located at the mouth of the Columbia River where it empties into the Pacific Ocean.  As you can see, this lighthouse has endured some rough weather!   The relentless salt spray…