Country style bouquet

I pruned the two rose bushes in front of my house yesterday towards sunset. It was so peaceful & relaxing at first but then it was a little intense as there was a lot of pruning that needed to be done. I wore gloves but I still got scratched on my arms from inevitably rubbing…

God is doing something new

Spring is a season that paints with wild strokes the creative nature of God. He made the whole universe from nothing and He delights in doing new things. He made us a new creation in Christ and tells us in Isaiah 43:19, Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall…

The beauty of suffering

The suffering in my life continued but in a different way. I can clearly remember the conversations I used to have with God during my daily walks in a quiet place that was about half an hour from my home in Missouri. The memory of those walks has a very special place in my heart….

Never give up!

The blessedness of perseverance. Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth. -Hosea 6:3 (ESV) Most Christians live their lives in the aftermath of idolatry instead of dwelling upon the heights…