• Light in Dark Places

    Psalm 18:28 Lord, you keep the lamp of my life burning brightly.  You are my God. You bring light into my darkness.  I’ve shared a few pics and stories of the activities in my fall garden. The most recent – my monarch butterflies – in caterpillar adventures. Isn’t this one a beauty? My four year

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  • Bread

    Matthew 7:7-11 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for

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  • Word

    Psalm 119:171-172 My lips will pour forth praise,  for you teach me your statutes.  My tongue will sing of your word,  for all your commandments are right.  blog – day 12 By now I’m sure you have noticed I’ve been blogging – a lot. Writing is such a challenge. A writers group I follow offers

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  • Wiping Tears

    Revelation 21:4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or sadness. There will be no more crying or pain. Things are no longer the way they used to be.”  “Oh Nana! It hurts. It hurts so bad!” “Hold on little princess. Let’s look at that knee. Let

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  • New Things

    Following on yesterday’s post, I’ve continued pondering the “newness” we hear about in the bible. It’s a different kind of new.  The Message version of the Bible is not the version I use for my studies but I almost always read it along with my other favorite translations.  I have read this chapter about twenty

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  • Like a Dandelion

    Proverbs 18:12-13 Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty,  but humility comes before honor.  If one gives an answer before he hears,  it is his folly and shame.   Words. Mercy. A power to be reckoned with. These verses remind me of the source of our words – again – our hearts. I get lazy so

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  • The Alligator and The Dragonfly

    Isaiah 11:6-9 Wolves will live with lambs.  Leopards will lie down with goats.  Calves and lions will eat together.  And little children will lead them around.  Cows will eat with bears.  Their little ones will lie down together.  And lions will eat straw like oxen.  A baby will play near a hole where cobras live. 

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