Morning Glory -- Glory of the MorningMy prayer this morning, from Suzie Eller's book, "Come With Me" "Jesus, thank you that I am your beloved disciple. As I sit at your feet, teach me. Let your words spring to life inside of me and take root. May I live what I believe in greater measure as I … Continue reading Morning Glory
I Hear the Prairies Calling
Compass Plant (silphium laciniatum) So what do you do when your prayers are not answered in the way you hoped for? What happens when the healing doesn't come? When the bills continue to pile up? Or when the heartbreak feels like it will never end? I have been walking this path of … Continue reading I Hear the Prairies Calling
The Butterflies
The season of Butterflies . . . I get so excited when the summer heat brings in these fluttering beauties. And usually, my heart starts to remembering ---It was the fall of 1986, and my husband and I were preparing to move our family, (the 2 of us and our 6 year old and 1 … Continue reading The Butterflies
Grace upon Grace
"Trials must and will befall,But with humble faith to seeLOVE inscribed upon them all,This is Happiness to me."--W. CowperI think I may have started too many books this summer. But yet, is that even possible? In this RA/fibro-fog life, my mind seems to crave more words than normal. As if filling up the foggy areas … Continue reading Grace upon Grace
The Path I Choose
Are you facing a Battle this week? Maybe it's personal and no one else knows how depleted you feel inside. Or maybe it's the state of this world, and the anger & division has left you feeling hopeless.I was asked to participate in a Book Launch by Ifeoma Samuel for her new book, Overcome Failure: … Continue reading The Path I Choose
Except Ye Become Like Little Children
She walked in the door and ran over to me, her blond curls dancing along the way. Before her parents had barely said their "Hello, We made it!" she was on a mission to place an envelope in my hand. "Grandma, I made this for you! Open it, open it!" Her younger sister echoed the … Continue reading Except Ye Become Like Little Children
Hind’s Feet on High Places
"He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights." --Psalm 18:33 I love these rock formations in central Wisconsin. They seem to rise up out of nowhere, oddly placed amidst the rolling farmland that surrounds the main highway through Wisconsin. They've become a sort of landmark … Continue reading Hind’s Feet on High Places
Look at the Lilies
"Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these. . ." Matthew 6:28,29I must not be doing enough of something. Or I must be doing too much of something else. Surely this … Continue reading Look at the Lilies
We Are God’s Garden
Another corner of my garden--God's Garden--where He asks me to sit awhileAnd listen I've been pondering the pictures that my Counselor painted for me last week. It was a word picture to help explain why my stamina has gone into hiding: What if I could picture my energy and stamina as being contained in one … Continue reading We Are God’s Garden
HOME
RelocatingChanging PositionThat's what's been happening at my daughter and son-in-law's this week. They are selling their first home, the one they moved into as newlyweds, the only home their little toddler has ever known, to move into a newer home that they've been blessed to purchase. So of course my mind has set to reminiscing … Continue reading HOME
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