Along with the gathering of family and friends around a bountiful table of food and conversation, many take this opportunity to remember their blessings. This short Thanksgiving devotional with Bible verses and tips for giving thanks this day and the year through is a good place to start.
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Psalm 91
Psalm 91 is one of the most encouraging passages of scripture to me. After completing the book, Living the Cross Centered Life by C.J. Mahaney, our community group Bible study is finished the year studying Psalm 91. It is a beautiful Psalm and I am sharing each verse with a photo of a blossom from my garden this past spring.Great is Thy Faithfulness
Think on These Things thoughts from John…Have you ever questioned God’s faithfulness? Did you ever think that He has left you or forsaken you? These are questions we sometimes are uncomfortable voicing or admitting. As you contemplate your answer, think of times of disappointment, loneliness, grief or despair. This is when we are most vulnerable to the thought that God had forsaken us. God uses His Word and sometimes a person, a quote, a book or even a hymn to remind us that He is and will always be faithful to His children. One of these classic hymns is my focus on today’s post… Great is Thy Faithfulness.Continue Reading
It is Well
Gosling Cuteness Overload
When a pair of fluffy little abandoned goslings come along, one can’t help but stop all activity and take in all their gosling cuteness. These two puffballs were found wandering between parking lot traffic at a local WAWA by our daughter. Of course she brought them home for us to see before taking them to a nearby wildlife refuge.
God speaks to me in Springtime
God speaks to me in springtime
When the earth is wet with dew
In the meadows and the prairies
As the grass comes poking through.
What Will You Do With Jesus?
What Will You Do With Jesus? A Good Friday Reflection
Good Friday stirs deep thoughts. Thoughts of the cross. Of sacrifice. Of love so immense it’s beyond our grasp, yet somehow, we know it’s real.
As we pause to reflect on the meaning of this day, one question rises above the rest.
Trust His Heart – Finding Peace When You Don’t Understand
When Life Doesn’t Make Sense
There are times when we simply don’t understand what God is doing.
We’ve prayed, hoped, and tried to stay faithful, but things still feel uncertain. Maybe the diagnosis wasn’t what we expected, or a long-prayed-for answer hasn’t come. Maybe there’s a strained relationship, a personal loss, or just an ache that sits quietly in our heart.
God is too wise to be mistaken, God is too good to be unkind, So when you don’t understand, When you don’t see His plan, When you can’t trace His hand, Trust His heart. These words were popularized in 1989 by Christian singer-songwriter Babbie Mason and are sometimes credited to Charles Spurgeon. Scroll to bottom of post to hear her sing this beautiful song.
Irish Blessings
March. A month of swings from wintry chills and springtime thrills. Snow boots and flip-flops (well almost). It is the month we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and think of shamrocks, leprechauns, Irish food, all things green and Irish Blessings. Some are sweet, some are funny and some are… well, so Irish.
Advent
A bible verse to think on as we move into the season of advent…
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
Micah 5:2
Somebody Bigger
During our recent trip to Cape May, New Jersey we left the hotel in the wee hours of the morning and walked to the beach while it was still dark.
Breathe Just Breathe
Perfect Peace
Perfect peace… this is a Bible verse I will be holding on to Monday as I head to surgeVoyage of Life
During a recent trip to our daughter Jill’s home, we visited the Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute in Utica, NY, especially to see the Voyage of Life series. Here in the sky-lit atrium, our daughter, Abbey examines a Jackson Pollock painting on canvas using aluminum paint and duco (an automobile paint produced by DuPont). Abbey makes museum visits so interesting because of her art knowledge and familiarity acquired from her many art history classes. Continue Reading
Butterflies
Happy Sunday! I think butterflies are fascinating! When a swallowtail butterfly landed on a cone flower in my garden it reminded me of a Bible verse. A cheerful Heart is good medicine from Proverbs 17:22Continue Reading
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
My heart hurts for dear friends
walking hard roads
so many it seems
painful
difficult