It’s ok if it’s not perfect
I wrote to our Compassion kids last week. I was so excited to tell them all about the daffodils blooming! It has been such a long cold winter that our daffodils are just now beginning to open ……
Burning up all my good works
I have been doing a lot of work out in the forest. In today’s background photo you can see two huge piles of branches, sticker bushes, and brush debris heaped up and waiting to be burned. Hubby and…
God does not want me to be condescending towards others.
"Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought." - Romans 12:3
God covers and protects me.
I have been doing a lot of work out in the forest the past few weeks. Lots of downed limbs and branches needing to be cleaned up. Lots of blackberry vines needing to be pulled up! March is…
God wants me to be content.
"I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I can do this through God who gives me strength." - Philippians 4:11, 13
God will provide for my needs.
"God will meet all your needs!" - Philippians 4:19
God wants me to be joyful … no matter my circumstances.
"Rejoice in the LORD! ... it is a safeguard for you.Rejoice in the LORD always.I will say it again: Rejoice!"- Philippians 3:1; 4:4
God does not want me to live in the past.
"Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me." - Philippians 3:13-14
God is bringing beauty out of the ashes in my life.
The wildflowers you see blooming in today's background photo are growing out of the ashen soil high on the slopes of Mt. St. Helens. Beauty ... out of ashes.This is what God does with our life."He reached down…
God is right there with me when life blows up.
"I call to God, and the LORD saves me. Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice." - Psalm 55:16-17