Let me start by saying that I DO NOT celebrate Halloween. I don't put up pictures of ghosts or goblins and I don't hand out candy to the "Trick or Treat - ers". We have all seen pictures of black cats, though, with bowed back, tail in the air and every hair sticking...
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside will be clean.” Matthew...
"… What parent would give his son a rock when he asks for a piece of bread? Or … a dish of poison when he asks for food? … How much more will your Heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him!" (Matthew 7:9,10 GNB) Duchess, a basset hound mother, Jaques her...
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love." (1 John 4:18 NIV) Boots, aka Tommy, was the resident cat back in 1949, when my family moved from one state to...
"But the LORD said to Samuel, 'Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.'" (1 Sam 16:7 NIV) Things are never...
Lolly 'n Pops, a pair blue Linnies, were part of the family that I was caring for while MY family was on holiday. They are beautiful and they are interesting to watch. One will call "pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird" while the other one chirps happily. They seem...
"Don't be weighed down with things that concern this world: What should we wear? What should we eat? What should we drink? … Look at the birds. They don't worry …" (Matthew 6:25,26) Philio is my son-in-law's Blue-headed Pionus. They are great pals and Philio seems to...
"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father . . . So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." (Matthew 10: 29,31 NIV) Several years ago, when my family's bird population...
"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!" (Isa. 49:15 NIV) Champ was a pure-breed Collie what was given to me by an aunt. He was such a cute, cuddly puppy!...
"Be still and know that I am God . . ." (Ps. 46:10a) Recently I was blessed with the privilege of caring for my family's 13 birds. Since this was my first experience with such a lot of them, and since one of their birds had died the previous year under the care...