Surprise Blessings – 4.0
I walked out of my front door last night, and started to head over to the workshop … when there, sitting silent and still on the gravel drive, was a bunny! Isn’t it’s camouflage amazing! It totally blends…
The end …
“Then Jesus gave them this illustration: ‘Notice the fig tree or any other tree. When the leaves come out, you know without being told that summer is near. In the same way, when you see all these things…
Surprise Blessings – 3.0
Ta-Da!! The trillium bloom has opened up! Isn’t it beautiful! To be honest, this really wasn’t an “Easter-egg” surprise blessing … I’ve been watching the bloom for a couple of days, waiting to see if the deer would…
“Hidden” … in plain sight
The background photo for today is the view out my kitchen window as I stand at the kitchen sink and wash dishes. When you first looked at the picture, did you notice that the entire left-half of the…
“Easter-egg” surprise blessings – 2.0
Here at the end of another week I wanted to share a few of God’s “Easter-egg” surprise blessings which He “hid” for me to discover this past week. As usual, I headed out first thing in the morning…
God has given you the “land” …
This week’s Daily Audio Bible reading has been in the book of Joshua (chapters 15-19) about the Promised Land being divided up among the 12 tribes of Israel. What struck me as I was listening was how specifically…
God goes before me.
You know how, as you are reading the Bible, something suddenly jumps off the page that you never saw before! That happened to me last week. In Joshua 4, where the people of Israel crossed the Jordan River…
A prowling cougar
The cougar came by on Sunday. I have never seen the cougar in person, but the Ring camera picked it up … as you can see in the background photo. My immediate thought was: Satan is a prowling…
Pain … and Healing
Life is messy. When we pour ourselves out to love and care for other people, it will be messy. And in the process, we will inevitably experience some pain … and some hurt. That's part of being in…
Washer “Self-Clean” Cycle
I’m losing my “window of opportunity” to transplant ferns. As April is advancing, the new little fern fronds are beginning to appear at the base of the plants. I’ve only got about one more week left, then the…