Daily Blessing

Marriage is … a picture of Jesus and his bride!

Hubby and I collapsed, exhausted, into bed at the end of a miracle-filled wedding day! We were both so wiped out we fell into a deep sleep! Somewhere deep in my sleep I heard an urgent, intense sound! …

May 27, 2024Christian Living, Marriage

There’s a reason God doesn’t tell us the future.

Back in January when we were struggling with a debilitating illness which left someone very special bedridden for weeks … if we had known back then that we would be hosting a wedding in our backyard at the…

May 26, 2024Christian Living, Marriage

Marriage is … unity.

A wedding is taking place in our backyard today! It is very exciting!All this week leading up to the wedding God has given me the most beautiful picture of what unity in marriage is like: Hummingbirds do not…

May 25, 2024Marriage, Relationships

Marriage is … like a candle.

Someone very special had a birthday this week! For today's background photo you can see the birthday gift I selected for this very special person. This is my very favorite brand of candles, sold in a specialty boutique…

May 24, 2024Marriage, Relationships

Thursday Throwback … Irises!

I have a special fondness for irises. When I was a young girl, a small patch of yellow irises used to grow at the corner of my front porch. Years later, when I was a young newlywed and…

May 23, 2024Gratitude, Relationships

The start of an exciting new adventure!

Hubby and I have decided to try our hand at growing wheat!The natural response of everyone whom we have told is: "And why?? Don't you realize it's cold and rainy all the time in western Washington. Wheat won't…

May 22, 2024Lessons in the Dirt

He didn’t leave me like I was …

I mentioned in yesterday's blog post how I sat down yesterday morning to have some quiet time with Jesus, and God introduced me to a brand-new worship song! The words were very meaningful to me, because they led…

May 21, 2024Christian Living, Lessons from the forest

I’m praising Him because …

Hubby left for work this morning and I turned on an online sermon to have some quiet time with Jesus. As the online sermon began, the worship band was just wrapping the last line of a brand-new worship…

May 20, 2024Gratitude

When facing grief …

Last Monday was a very difficult day for me. To start off, first thing in the morning, I was scrubbing the tea stain out of my special tea mug when the mug slipped from my hands and landed…

May 19, 2024Christian Living

Your opinion matters

So, I have a funny story. For the last year or so, whenever I turn my computer on it opens to a beautiful image on an opening screen. In the upper right-hand corner of this screen there is…

May 18, 2024Christian Living