Love is an action
Love is sometimes an emotion. But Love is ALWAYS an action."Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth." - 1 John 3:18
Lessons in the Dirt – Atmosphere
My daughter has taken a weekend trip away to Dallas, and she asked me to look after her air plant, “Harry” while she is away. So I’m babysitting “Harry” and making sure he gets a good misting several…
Lessons in the Dirt – Support
Do you feel like this little sunflower? I sure do. So does just about everyone we know. Life is just taking it out of everyone right now! This photo sums it all up: there's us, the little droopy…
Brighten your corner
This is a great image of what the Church looks like when we all gather together on Sunday! But today is Monday ... it's cold and grey and drizzly ... just a typical June day in the Pacific…
Coyotes, Doe’s, & Baby Deer
A coyote has been lurking about recently. Coyotes are so sneaky and devious! Here is a photo from a few days ago of a coyote trotting across our backyard. It’s so hard to get a good photo of…
Lessons in the Dirt – Weeding
I spent some time outside this morning, on my hands and knees in the garden. The weeds have overtaken the garden, so much so that I couldn’t even find the baby cucumber plants amid the mess of green…
Lessons from a Cacao Farm
Last week I had the opportunity to tour a Cacao Farm. I love chocolate! And I love gardening and plants and anything growing! So what could be better! I have been struck with several spiritual insights as takeaways…
Small Start / Big Problem
We recently have had the start of a wasp's nest in the top of our car barn. It's been too high to knock down, and my aim with stones hasn't been very good. I've thought often how we…
Isaiah 6:3
"Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of His glory!"
Psalm 104:32
"He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke." (Mt. St. Helens is smoking to this day and has continued having small periodic eruptions throughout the past 30 years. Truly God does…