Monthly Archives: December 2008

  So keep a firm grip on the faith. The suffering won’t last forever. It won’t be long before this generous God who has great plans for us in Christ —eternal and glorious plans they are!— will have you put … Continue reading →

    My Day With the Girls   Our first stop was Chuck E Cheese.  After getting our left hands stamped with an ID#, a worker walked toward me and asked if I was having the usual – cinnamon sticks.  I think I … Continue reading →

  Blessed be the Lord, Who bears our burdens and carries us day by day, even the God Who is our salvation!  Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!  Psalm 68:19 (Amplified Bible)  

    All in a Day   Sunrises are such an ordinary occurrence to the beginning of most days that we often overlook their beauty.     Squirrels in my birdfeeders are a daily nuisance, but they are interesting and fun to watch. … Continue reading →

  Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in.  1 Peter 3:1 (The Message)  

    Morning Frost & Procrastination     Yesterday I kept looking at the morning frost that covered the countryside…      thinking I should go outside and take pictures before it was gone.     I almost missed this beauty … Continue reading →

  I am the world’s Light. No one who follows me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in. [Jesus]  John 8:12 (The Message)  

    Shelves   Zachary, Deb, and David  Tonight we went to our daughter Deb’s house to deliver shelves that Cerwin and our grandson Nathan built for her.  She invited her friend Leslie’s sons to have supper with us and help … Continue reading →

  As we keep his commands, we live deeply and surely in him, and he lives in us. And this is how we experience his deep and abiding presence in us: by the Spirit he gave us. 1 John 3:24 (The … Continue reading →

    Happy Hunters     Josh’s first hunt ever, yielded a seven-point buck.     This was not Jordan’s first hunt, but it was his first buck – an eight-point.     Josh got his buck shortly after 9:30 this morning.     … Continue reading →