Daily Blessing

How do I get rid of the darkness inside me?

Our background photo today shows a journey through the pitch-black darkness of a lava tube, deep underground. This world we are living in is a very dark place. Just like the pitch-black darkness of the lava tube deep…

September 27, 2021Questions

Lessons in the Dirt – Always Face the Son

It’s interesting to notice how sunflowers always face the sun … even on cloudy days, even when it's raining with raindrops dripping from the petals, they always face the sun. Always. Every time I look out my window…

September 9, 2021Lessons in the Dirt

How can I have the power of God in my life?

Our background photo for today was taken deep down in the pitch-black darkness of a lava cave. In much the same way, humanity has been plunged deep down into the pitch-black darkness of sin. But look! ……

September 8, 2021Questions

Fruit of Spirit Goodness #2

The Fruit of the Spirit is GOODNESS. Yesterday we considered how that originally everything in our world was Very GOOD! But as we look at the world around us today, everything is not GOOD … heartache, pain, suffering,…

September 7, 2021Life Lessons

What is Good??

A coyote has taken up residence around our place recently. Just the other day, as I was having lunch, the coyote settled down in the overgrown brush by the garden corner and relaxed for a long while. I’ve…

September 6, 2021Lessons from the forest, Questions

Fruit of Spirit Goodness #1

The Fruit of the Spirit is GOODNESS. What is GOODNESS?? What does it mean to have GOODNESS?? Our study of the Fruit of the Spirit has been featuring background images which have contrasted LIGHT vs. dark. Today’s background…

September 5, 2021Life Lessons

Fruit of Spirit Kindness #7

The Fruit of the Spirit is KINDNESS. Our Daily-verse today states: “God is KIND to the ungrateful and wicked.” -Luke 6:35b-36 Our accompanying background photo shows the headlights of a car illuminating the roadway … thereby revealing a…

September 4, 2021Life Lessons

Fruit of Spirit Kindness #6

The Fruit of the Spirit is KINDNESS. Our background photo for today shows a headlamp brilliantly illuminating the path forward. As is clearly obvious, the past is in the past … left behind, in the dark. The future…

September 3, 2021Life Lessons

Lessons in the Dirt – Night is Coming

It is almost October, and time to bring the tomato harvest inside … even though they’re all still green. I stepped outside to do this just as night was falling. And as I was picking green tomatoes in…

September 2, 2021Lessons in the Dirt

Fruit of Spirit Kindness #5

The Fruit of the Spirit is KINDNESS. In our background photo today, we see a cellphone flashlight illuminating a dark path. In much the same way, our very lives shine the LIGHT of KINDNESS … thereby illuminating the…

September 1, 2021Life Lessons