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If I could choose one word for this new year, it would be season. My life has seen many seasons. Seasons of childhood and growing. Seasons of new love and building a home. There have been seasons of children’s laughter and seasons of children’s sickness. Seasons of births and times when we have said goodbye to loved ones. In our home, we had the season of boat building and the season of shed building. We had the season where we lived in an RV and the times when we seemed to m

Riding along the roads between Florida and Texas this past week gave me plenty of time to view the bare trees of winter. They lined the roadways, their branches intertwined and reaching skyward, some straight, others gnarled and aged. I enjoyed the beauty of their architecture, and I am always amazed at the uniqueness and variety of their shapes and sizes. The storms the trees have weathered were evident in the scars the trunks and branches showed. Some were bent and twisted

I have heard the invitation in my heart throughout this season, “Come to the Manger.” It has echoed as I waited in traffic and walked in crowded stores. I have felt its pull as I listened in church and read my Bible. “Come to the Manger.” The words repeated in my head, and even though I pushed them away, they returned like persistent mosquitoes, always there when I was still enough to hear. “Why the manger?” I thought. But even as I questioned, I could see myself sitt

I’m dreaming of a blessed ChristmasJust like so many I have known.Where my full heart pondersAnd thinks and wondersAbout the things my God has done.I’m dreaming of a blessed ChristmasWith every Christmas card I write.I pray for each loved oneAnd thank God’s dear SonFor bringing each into my life.I’m dreaming of a blessed ChristmasAs old […]

“Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits” (Psalm 103:1 – 2, KJV) Someone asked me this week, “What does it mean to bless the Lord? How can we bless God?” That’s a really good question, and […]

Things that make me smile – I could go on, and when I do I realize that there is much to smile about in this world. So many blessings heaped on us each day. There are trials. There is hurt, but God pads it all with joy and beauty if we open our eyes to […]

What is the meaning of ‘corner stone’? Historically, the corner stone was the first stone set in a masonry building, with all other stones in the foundation being laid in reference to this first stone. Therefore, the corner stone was critical and the determining factor in the stability of the building. God has established His […]

Hearts are broken, souls are torn,Struggling, wounded, and so worn.Let Your Spirit comfort be.Let our eyes Your mercy see.Help us, Lord, we cry to You.There is nothing more to do.All our help comes through Your hand.Grant us strength to stand.At the end of all we knowIs the One to Whom we go.Straight into Your loving […]

When I unfurled the hose this morning, I didn’t expect a lizard to jump into my bucket, but he did. And the problem began. That lizard bounded right into some fertilizer that was in the bottom of my bucket. I didn’t know what the fertilizer would do to him, so I tried to get him […]

I know a place where I find restWhere my heart is fully blessedPerfect peace unsurpassedYour love holds me fastAt Your cross where mercy flowedThere You bore sin’s heavy loadYou freed my heart to live againRansomed from sin’s painWhen temptations o’er me rollOverwhelm my troubled soulYour strong arms rescue meBreak my spirit freeYou are my place […]

Paul lived in troubled times. During his time in Ephesus, Nero, a wicked tyrant, was the emperor of Rome. Jewish leaders sought to persecute Jews who turned to the Christian faith, and paganism was rampant. I don’t know if there was a right and a left, but there was certainly a right and a wrong […]

When the thunder roarsI listen for Your calmtucked between the raindropsthat stream down my face.I see You in the lightning flashesthat scatter the dark cloudsof my night.I hear Your voice singingin the blustery windthat buffets my soul,and I rememberYou are in control. “Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of […]

I have no words, Lord.No words that share the longings of my heart,the burdens that oppress,these needs I can’t expressoverwhelm.I have no words, Lord,to share with You the pain of those I love.I don’t know what to askI know that only You can meet these needs.I have no words.Father, hear my heart.Spirit, pray for me.Jesus, […]

“Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” – Psalm 37:3-4 Honoring God is a privilege. Trusting in Him is a treasure. Delighting in Him is an everyday joy. […]