Heavenly Father, maker of heaven and earth, the one who was, who is, and is to come, we enter this new month of June with grateful and open hearts. Thank you for the gift of a fresh start. Your mercies are new every morning, and with each new month, you call to us saying, “I Read more

One morning the fire hydrant in the yard was getting repainted. I didn’t notice how faded it was getting until I saw the new layers of cherry red paint being applied to it.  Out of all the hydrants in the county and across all the neighborhoods, our fire hydrant  was remembered. I’m sure the fire Read more

I thought about how I could write about this without talking in circles or revealing too much irrelevant information. I typed and backed space so many times that I almost trashed the whole post.  If it were up to me, I would have, but I want to do the things the Lord tells me.   In Read more

God really brings his word to life. He’s the best because he allows the living word to show up in our everyday life.  Can you see it? The day I planted green onions, carrots, bell peppers and other veggies, the verse of the day was 1 Corinthians 3:7. “So neither the one who plants nor Read more

I had been feeling pressure in my left eye for about two weeks. I tried different things to alleviate the pressure, there was no change, but it also wasn’t getting worse.  One day I decided to sit on the couch and rest my eyes. I ended up falling asleep, but while I was sleeping my Read more

Naomi or Mara? My delight or bitterness? What shall we call you? “Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.” Ruth 1:20 Up to this point Naomi has lost her husband and two sons and has returned to Bethlehem after a famine that drove Read more