Daily Blessing

Advent lessons … navigating snow and slush and ice

The roads in our neighborhood have been a mess! The advent of December brought with it the advent of snow! A lot of snow. Yesterday’s blog post considered how Jesus came to make a way for us ……

December 9, 2022Christmas

Advent lessons … Low clearance

Last week, the advent of December brought with it the advent of snow! A lot of snow. Our driveway was buried in deep snow. The roads of our neighborhood were buried in deep snow. But last week also…

December 8, 2022Christmas, Gratitude

Kindling for the soul … the little things matter!

Last week, with all the upheaval caused by the snow, the “wood-box” of my soul was beginning to run empty. I could feel my patience wearing thin. I could feel frustration rising. I was worried I might accidentally…

December 7, 2022Christmas, Relationships

All I can carry is a little load of firewood

I want to circle back around to the topic of bearing one another’s burdens. A few years ago, a friend of mine went through a devastating tragedy. Her burden was very heavy! I wanted to reach out to…

December 6, 2022Relationships

Empty wood-boxes

Yesterday’s blog post was about empty wood-boxes … and how everyone’s soul is so empty right now! As I stated yesterday, the fire in our woodburning fireplace heater is a lot like each person’s soul. And the firewood…

December 5, 2022Relationships

Bear one another’s burdens

It is 26 degrees this morning. It’s dark, cold, the hummingbird feeder is frozen solid … and the wood-box is empty. So, I pull on my coat and boots and trudge out through the snow to the woodshed. …

December 4, 2022Life Lessons, Relationships

The Holidays … and hard relationships

The Holidays bring up a lot of pain when it comes to hard relationships. We’ve been heating our home with a wood-burning fireplace heater. This requires me to constantly be adding wood … all day long. Giving and…

December 3, 2022Christmas, Relationships

Advent … and power

It’s December! … the Holiday season … the season of Christmas and Advent! This week our thoughts have been filled with anxious, nervous anticipation regarding the advent of snow. “Why such anxious nervousness?” you might ask. Because the…

December 2, 2022Christmas

As the waters cover the sea

Our visit to the coast for Thanksgiving happened to coincide with a King Tide. According to the sign posted at the beach: "King Tide is a non-scientific term used to describe the highest of the high tides. These…

December 1, 2022Christmas

A grounded kite

In today’s background photo you can see hubby and me, as I am trying in vain to get a kite into the air. It was Thanksgiving week, so the thought of “relationships” was on my mind. Probably most…

November 30, 2022Relationships