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Every year for some years, we have been visited by an attractive little bird. He spends several months in our garden but when it is time to build his nest, he leaves. He seems to say ‘this is not my home, I am just a visitor.’ We have formed a bond with him and he...
“For I am the LORD, I change not.” (Malachi 3:6) A few years back when my grandaughter was visiting, we talked about maybe going swimming. Yes! She was so excited. She couldn’t wait! The next summer when she was here, we asked if she’d like to go swimming and it was,...
"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." (John 15:13-14 NKJV) When I was a boy growing up my Dad, Mom, Grandma, two brothers and I all lived together in an aging house. The house had originally been built from two Shanty...
I have a snapshot of a figurine on a rock in the garden with the rising sun. The figurine is almost obliterated when it is clothed with light as the sun rises behind it. In the snapshot, you cannot see how the figurine is dressed when it is covered with the light of...
"Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts." (Psalm 95:7-8, Hebrews 4:7) The snow had been piling up by the sidewalks in town for months. Huge mounds of it as tall as a small child. Topside, it was sooty from the traffic. On the edge, it looked clean...
"This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it." (Ps 118:24 NKJV) Autumn this year in the mountains of my home has been truly spectacular. It is like an angel artist has been assigned to paint each tree in the most glorious colors imaginable....
"You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed." (Psalm 139:16) The rosy sunset began seeping across the sky. I quickly grabbed the camera, excited for an opportunity to capture...
It was a bittersweet day. This was the day my oldest son would move to his new university home. We had been preparing for this day for weeks. Closets and drawers were cleaned out and sorted into the "to take" pile and the "to leave" pile, and now, all of the things in...
Adam and Eve disobeyed God when they listened to Satan and ate fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. God is a holy God, and He cannot stand sin. Disobedience is a sin in God's sight, so He banned Adam and Eve from the garden. The Bible says,...
"A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out." (Isaiah 42:3; Matthew 12:20) "Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you." (1 Peter 5:7) The Christmas and holiday decorations packed up and closeted away for another...
Sitting on the dresser in my little boys' room is a jar with a dead caterpillar in it and a Styrofoam cup with a dried out bean plant laying in the dirt. Both of these items were carefully set there with high hopes and anticipation of beans and butterflies by each...
"If there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law." (Rom 13:9-10 NKJV) It was six years ago. I was walking into a...
"giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ . . ." (Eph 5:20-21 NKJV) All of us at some point in our lives have wished that we could write a letter to our younger selves. We have wished we could pass on the wisdom we...