There have been times when I believed I was battling depression. But just today, while trying to take pictures of hawks, I came to the realization that it is a deep longing that consumes me…not depression. A deep yearning for God. He tugs on my heartstrings until my desire is so strong I want my…
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Created For His Pleasure
Looking out at my patio through the front door. I am in the process of creating a front yard patio. I dug out an area and leveled it and hauled sand and leveled it again. I picked out the brick design I wanted and lifted and strong-armed the blocks into place. I hauled wheel barrow…
Wood Thrush~ A Song of Praise!
This is from “SIGH”, a collection of inspirational moments. After a close brush with death this last Saturday, the song of this bird seems even more beautiful to me!! If you get a moment, click on the title, it will take you to a page on the Wood Thrush, where you can see this wonder…
A Near Miss and A Give-away!! Psalm 90:12
Thank God I am alive!! Today, I experienced the mercy and grace and protection of the Lord of such magnitude that I am still reeling from it. This afternoon, just as I bent over to pull some weeds in my garden, I heard and felt a loud shrill buzz beside my right ear. My husband…
Renewal
There are inspirations that the Lord has given in times past, and I’d like to share them from time to time. Like this one: Spring, her features more subtle than the riotous beauty of her cousin, Summer, appears on her own terms, coaxing life from Earth’s barren womb. She charms us with her beauty and…
Tears in a Bottle…
Tears shed over loved ones who lack spiritual discernment, who have chosen the things of this world over their relationship with the Lord, who follow after teachers instead of reading the Scriptures on their own to find out what God says in His Word and who hold you in contempt because you do have spiritual…
Origins of Easter…you decide.
I know I’m going to go out on a limb to say what needs to be said about this pagan custom/holiday, but Truth is Truth. Easter is not Christian. Easter, named after the pagan goddess, Ishtar, among many spellings from many nations, has its beginnings as far back as Nimrod, the evil great grandson of…
Winter Assaults…yet, Hope Lives!!!
What a difference a day makes!! A system snow storm came through last night and threw a heavy wet blanket of snow over our Spring finery!! Ahhh… but just like the storms of life, hope always shines through as though in defiance of the dictates of Winter’s last blast. It was absolutely beautiful this morning…
Spring! Flowers! Hope!
It’s amazing how, when the sun shines and spring flowers push their way up through the remnants of last fall and winter and burst into bloom in spite of the temperatures, that my heart hopes, regardless of the headlines and the circumstances of life. There is hope in the renewal of spring, along with the…
Finding Sanctuary in His Courts…
The more the world around me accelerates into chaos and confusion, the more peaceful I feel. While people about me are in despair, I find a quiet solitude in the presence of my Lord. His words are like a soothing balm spread over an abrasion. A healing balm that brings relief to an open wound….