There were six of them. Beautiful, powerful, gentle. I couldn't keep myself from sliding off the gravel road I had been running down to get a closer look. Just this summer I had decided to fulfill a lifelong dream and learn to ride. My decision had resulted in me...
"I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. 16 Only let us live...
When I take my dog Katie for a walk, she used to pull on the chain very tightly. She longed to be off the leash. When I let her off the leash to run, she would not come back to me until she was tired, thirsty, and hungry. To me, the most important command to a dog is...
"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...
“In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.” (Heb 1:1-2 NIV) The six...
"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...
"Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us." (1 John 4:11-12 NIV) We have a saying in our house that goes, "It’s good to be...
"Let love be your highest goal." (1 Corinthians 14-1) I have heard this and believed it all my life, how God loves all his creation, from the smallest creatures to his human children, and amazingly so. But I don't think the point was driven home to me until last...
"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...