How the truths of Scripture change the way I live
As the rhythm of my life changes with all the little ‘chirps’ nearly flown, and I wonder what the new tempo will be like, I’ve been reminded this week that it is always fitting to rejoice in the Lord. When all else sways, moves, leaves empty, disappoints, here is One who is constant and unchanging. […]
For this week, please enjoy my thoughts in pictures at “Sketches from Skeltons”. http://linda.theskeltons.org/2013/09/houseboating-together-again/ We emerged with kids and grands from our houseboat vacation yesterday with goods in tow and dispersed to head to our separate homes to dig into routines new and old. Jim, Rachel and I will be a few more days visiting other […]
Once-upon-a-humid North Dakota afternoon on a gently sloping coulee bank two young lovers exchanged words that ushered in a whole new life for both of them. Their destinies were joined that day when the young girl responded to the eager young man’s proposal of marriage with the words: “I’d be delighted”. That was thirty years […]
Hot weather is wonderful for a garden as long as the gardener keeps up the watering. I was out in the garden before breakfast this morning making sure the tomatoes got their water, and peeking through the zucchini jungle for more offspring. Oh no! 2 going on 4 more! Watering is one of those unrelenting […]
Do you see him there, off to the side? It’s the big brother, the one with the piously crossed hands, the unfeeling eyes, the ‘upright’ posture, looking on unmoved as his father welcomes his filthy ‘prodigal’ brother home. The prodigal’s unsatisfying profligate lifestyle drove him back to the Father but what about his big brother? […]