On the shelf
This past February I came across this wonderful set of garden pruners and shears at Costco. We could most certainly use those! The blackberry briars, sticker bushes, and Big Leaf Maple shoots are aggressively trying to overrun the…
Psalm 145:14
"The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down." - Psalm 145:14
Stir up the gift
Alas, I have come to the end of the jar of peanut butter. This means the opening of a new jar of peanut butter … and the resulting effort required to stir the layer of oil (which has…
Psalm 145:13
"The LORD is faithful to all His promises and loving toward all He has made." - Psalm 145:13
Reaching!
As I was walking past the living room, I noticed the clerodendrum (tropical bleeding heart) had grown off its support post … and was reaching still further. Immediately the verse popped into my mind: “Forgetting what is behind…
Psalm 143:10
"Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; may Your good Spirit lead me on level ground." - Psalm 143:10
God Can Redeem Your Mistakes
My daughter had a small cactus of which she was quite fond. It had a beautiful red bloom on the top … so she planted it in a bright red pot to match the bright red bloom. Eventually…
Psalm 143:8
"Show me the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul." - Psalm 143:8
Faith Multiplied
Three years ago, my daughter gave me a small aloe vera plant as a birthday gift. It was a very small plant … but it grew. It grew and grew, and before I knew it, there were multiple…
Psalm 143:4,6
"My spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.I spread out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land." - Psalm 143:4,6