Where I live, fields of corn, wheat, and soybeans are commonplace. Of course, all winter long the fields have consisted of dead stubble. It always seems kind of discouraging to me to look at those huge fields of deadness, week after week, month after month. But this morning as I drove by some of those… Read More Day 141- Thankful that God can bring new life into dead situations
Yesterday afternoon I started feeling kind of blue. When I came home and went to unlock the door, I had a thought flash through my mind, like, “another winter, another spring”, and I felt no joy like I normally would. This morning I had a moment where I felt like impending doom was hanging over… Read More Day 132 – Thankful for crocuses (photos)
If you read my post on Tuesday, you know that our region got enough snow for another snow day. Actually, the schools in our region had two snow days this week! Anyway, I love the snow! It is so beautiful, and each flake is an amazing work of art! But unfortunately, I’m not a fan… Read More Day 69 – Thankful for sunshine on a cold day and God’s love in hard times (photos)
I love beauty, don’t you? I’m so glad God gave us beauty! When I try to imagine a world with no beauty, I actually have certain images that flit across my mind’s eye. The first is the outdoors in the dead of winter, mid-January, Christmas decorations all taken down, and no snow on the ground.… Read More Day 29 – Thankful for beauty
One super, freezing cold morning, a number of years ago,when everybody else was staying indoors as much as possible, I put on double, triple and even quadruple layers of warm, winter clothing and went for a walk around the track at the local college. Needless to say, I was the only one walking the… Read More God’s “Just-Because” Surprises
Thank You, Lord, for the sunshine after the rain and for Your sunshine that breaks through the clouds in our hearts. Thank You for warm clothes and fuzzy blankets that keep us warm on cold days and for the warmth of Your love in our hearts that brings us joy even in the midst of… Read More Worship with me #34
1. A friend warms the heart Her smile gives to my heart wings To fly up on high. 2. A friend wraps your heart In lace and in soft velvet And cradles it close. 3. A friend is a hearth Love’s flame brightens the dark night And melts frozen hearts. 4. Friends are a fortress… Read More Friendship Haiku
Sometimes winter can seem like it lasts too long. For me, first signs of Spring are so exciting! I welcome them with joy, even though I know winter is still not over. Then along comes the weather forecast for a few hours of rain. You go to church Sunday morning wearing regular shoes and look outside… Read More Spring photos
Soft, gentle rain Gray skies above Bringing God’s love, Brings life to the earth, Maturity from new birth Soft, gentle rain. This is a poem I wrote in the spring of 1992 during a very difficult time of my life. Many plants and bulbs and seeds lie dormant during the winter months, but the… Read More Soft, Gentle Rain
Even when everything looks dead around you, there is life hiding there. God is working, even in the surrounding deadness of your circumstances.… Read More Hidden Hope
Autumn Trees The center of the picture is flaming orange One of the most beautiful, brightly colored trees you’ve ever laid eyes on. She is set against a background of Various yellows and greens To the right and to the left And of autumn purples and olives to the top right. The blue sky completes… Read More The Giant Orange Lady
A breaking heart feels so alone— Tearing, aching, grieving groans Where contentment once abode Darkness now has come. He clutches at his aching chest; The agony won’t let him rest, His sobs are filled with gnawing “why’s” As in his hopelessness he cries To One who listens in the skies. And as the tears tumble… Read More Broken Heart
Cool Warmth. What does that look like? Let’s imagine that it looks like a day in the dead of winter. You don’t have a garage, so when you go out to your car, you find it is about 10 degrees Fahrenheit inside. You bundle up and bring your toasty heating pad, freshly microwaved, or maybe… Read More Cool Warmth
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