I’m so thankful for this country! I may not always agree with the direction I see our government headed, but I am so appreciative of the freedoms I enjoy. This past weekend, as it was for all Americans, was…
Every day, I see this little sign in my house… …and, this one hangs over my desk… …then, there’s this one upstairs… …all, in-your-face-admonitions for us aliens and strangers, that in order to love others and to “keep our…
There’s nothing more precious, when in a foreign country, than one’s passport. I’ve done enough traveling to know this. Not only do I carry my passport close to my heart (in a little pouch) when I travel, so as…
These things I know: 1. I have so much, in Christ, to be thankful for and to look forward to – PRAISE BE TO JESUS! 2. God the Father, through Jesus, is writing my story (yours, too). 3. That…
I started my blog for this week….yesterday. I’ve been wrestling with just stopping mid-stream and starting over, BUT, I have a P.S. to add to last week’s entry. So, I’ll save what’s done; stop; start again with what is…
Yesterday was our 40th anniversary. What a great day of memory making! We’ve saved for some time, and finally bought an anniversary gift for ourselves that’s serviceable, but fun, too: a Polaris Ranger. Daily, Bay uses it for working…
“Follow,” that’s what Jesus had said to me last May, when I retired from my position at Arizona Christian. It’s just one word. It sounds simple. When someone says, “follow,” you follow. It doesn’t get any harder than that.…
I have walked sandy beaches all my life. I practically grew up on a beach. The Lord has always used a beach to blow away the cobwebs in my brain, and clear out the spiritual wax in my ears. …
In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed (also translated, grieved) by various trials. 1 Peter 1:6 Trials. Don’t like them. Don’t want them. I’ve certainly had my share…
In this you greatly rejoice… 1 Peter 1:6a (emphasis mine) I just can’t get over the word, this. To be able to rejoice the way the word is really defined, there has to be a full understanding of the…