Early on as a little girl my parents taught me that taking the Lord’s name in vain was wrong. Even then, I understood that saying “oh god” or any variation was a sin. That was 50+ years ago. Through the years I have kept that nugget of truth tucked in my heart. I am sure … Read more
Yesterday I wrote about these lovely sugar cookie flowers. For those of you who have signed up to receive notice of a new blog post via email you may or may not have seen a picture of the cookies. But for some reason Feedburner sent out this picture of a momma and her baby! I … Read more
My sous chef dish-washing mom and I belong to a garden club. By the very nature of “garden” club one might think we are gardeners. That would be wrong. We like plants, we have both toyed with growing a flowering plant or two, but gardeners we are not. We do have this little garden close … Read more
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” Romans 8:31-32 (ESV) Many people claim this scripture verse as … Read more
When our friends Kathy and Len came for dinner and a movie at our house they brought with them a six-pack of root beer. After a fun evening of food, laughter, movie and dessert they left a couple of bottles of remaining root beer. Those bottles sat in my refrigerator for a while and on … Read more
It’s so easy to love beautiful things. It’s easy to call this yellow Iris “lovely”. But I read in the book of Matthew today that Jesus tells us to love our enemies. Love the ones who don’t love us. I find this is much more difficult and actually opposite of my human nature. As … Read more