Monthly Archives: August 2022

Rub Your Eyes, Open Them and Be Awed

      Psalm 118:24-25 “Thank you for responding to me; you’ve truly become my salvation! The stone the masons discarded as flawed is now the capstone! This is God’s work. We rub our eyes—we can hardly believe it! This is the very day God acted — let’s celebrate and be festive! Salvation now, God. Salvation … Continue reading

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Straying from the Path

All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.  Isaiah 53:6 I think all of us can honestly say at times … Continue reading

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More Unconditional Love

I’m sharing an “oldie” originally posted in January 2018. If you don’t know this about me, let me tell you clearly – I do not believe in co-incidents.  I believe that God has a plan for me and I don’t … Continue reading

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Thinking about Order

Definition: Meeting–what you go to to learn how to do what you already know how to do, but you can’t do because you’re too busy going to meetings. Yep! Much time is lost at meetings that accomplish nothing because they … Continue reading

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Doubting Thomas

​Our Sunday School class had been studying the apostles, and the teacher asked each of us to think and say with which apostle we most identified. When it came to me, several immediately commented that it was Thomas, and I … Continue reading

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Don’t Get Suck(er)ed In

Is there any worse housecleaning experience than untangling carpet fibers from the vacuum roller? It seems like it takes a millennium. Thankfully, most modern vacuum cleaners have eliminated that glitch from happening. Vacuum cleaners? They suck. (I’ll show myself out…) … Continue reading

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The Festival of Mary

On August 15th Christian churches observe the Festival of the Virgin Mary or the Feast of the Assumption.  Mary has been referred to by many beautiful names:  Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven, and the Madonna.   When I … Continue reading

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Boaz and Ruth and You

Naomi was a widow with two grown sons.  She was from Bethlehem in Judah. Because of a famine, the decision was made to move to the Moab area. Eventually, her sons found Moabite women to marry. One son, married Ruth (Moabites … Continue reading

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One Pair of Hands

I came across this song a couple weeks ago when searching for something else.  This version of the song is sung by Elvis Presley. Others have sung it as well and it has a wonderful message. One Pair of HandsBy … Continue reading

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Reflections on Hummingbirds

 Recently, I was blessed with a couple of encounters with these tiny, fast moving, fascinating creations. Well, it was one encounter with a hummingbird and one with a hummingbird moth which I thought was a real hummingbird until I did … Continue reading

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