Every morning as I prepare for my day, I decide what to wear. Looking in my closet, I have choices. Do I wear a skirt today? Slacks? Jeans? What top coordinates with the skirt or pants? Both must match in color and appropriateness for the weather and occasion. Next, I decide on appropriate accessories. WhichContinue reading “Choices”
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Bloom Where You’re Planted
“Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but actually you’ve been planted.” Tony Evans
Our Refuge in Times of Trouble
In the Light of His Love
It never ceases to amaze me: The sunrise. I sit on the back patio, my feet propped on a lawn chair, facing east. The sky is gray, the scattered clouds a steel-gray smudge. In the early morning pre-dawn, the colors around me blur. The birds sing their early morning songs: “Wake up, wake up, it’sContinue reading “In the Light of His Love”
Creator God
“How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too.”
God’s Word Never Fails
Working with Your Hands
Psalms 139:13 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” One pastime from which I derive much pleasure is making things with my hands. To take a piece of yarn and make an afghan is very satisfying. It is amazing that a flat piece of fabric becomes a dress,Continue reading “Working with Your Hands”
A New Beginning
“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” Brad Paisley
Wisdom
The Potter
Have you ever watched the potter at work? He centers a lump of clay on the wheel, creates a small indention in the middle, then pours water over the clay. As the wheel spins, his hands deftly shape the clay until he has created his pot in the exact shape he wants. In scripture GodContinue reading “The Potter”
Growing Our Faith Together 