Daily Blessing

The things in life we cherish the most

"The things in life we cherish the most are those we work the hardest for."- author unknown(By contrast, those who are given a free ride through life are largely unaware of the blessings which they enjoy, and resultingly…

August 14, 2023Words of Wisdom

How to succeed

"The degree of one's perseverance is the best predictor of one's success."- author unknownIf you want to be successful, hang in there and don't give up.

August 13, 2023Words of Wisdom

Life will give you opportunity after opportunity to quit.

"With every opportunity God gives you, there will always be several off-ramps where you'll have to decide do I really want it. Life will give you opportunity after opportunity to quit on the path to your obedience." -…

August 12, 2023Words of Wisdom

God is amazing!

"You alone are the LORD.You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything,…

August 11, 2023Verse Art

God saves us by His grace, for our joy, and for His glory.

"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

August 10, 2023What is God like?

Bloom blessings … on really tall stems!

For years I have hoped to grow astilbe in our flower beds. TaDa! We now have astilbe! At first glance, these pink fluffy flowers on tall stems don’t look like much. And that’s true. This is their first…

August 9, 2023Gratitude

Bloom blessings … high in the air!

Check it out! A red sunflower! How cool is that!! I didn’t know sunflowers bloomed red! Ok, to be honest I picked the seed packet out at Home Depot. And I planted the seeds. But I’m still in…

August 8, 2023Gratitude

Where you are today matters for who you’ll be tomorrow

Today's Words of Wisdom are from my journal. Over the years, whenever I hear a piece of profound wisdom, I jot it down in my journal. Most often, I don't think to jot down who said it. Such…

August 7, 2023Words of Wisdom

It’s all about attitude

Today's Words of Wisdom are from my pastor, Pastor Mark: "Enjoying our life has a lot more to do with the attitude in us that the circumstances going on around us."

August 6, 2023Words of Wisdom

A bat in the firebox

A bat recently got into our firebox. How, I don’t know. I thought it was a closed contained firebox, with little holes in metal tubes to let the smoke out and up the chimney. But somehow the bat…

August 5, 2023Christian Living