Joyful, joyful we adore Thee

  “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?  And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God. You have also spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come and have shown me future generations, O LORD God! For your […]

Yea! for LIGHTS in a dark world

Out for a walk the other day I passed a man putting up his Christmas lights and in an effort to be friendly I called out “Yea for lights!” As I powered on up the hill I thought Yes! that’s exactly what I mean. Not only do I love seeing all the lights at this […]

In it FOR HIM…

Thanks to a perceptive friend I have a note to add to last week’s words, a softer note.  She encouraged me to look at the stages of development in a child and compare them to our maturing process as children of God. Each stage is normal and necessary…    ***A child is helpless and hungry […]

Left-over Seeds…

Today was the day for cleaning up all the left-over seeds that didn’t make it into the ground this season. There are packages of every description—from the standard glossy illustrated ones to brown paper rustic, from little wee ziplocks to yogurt containers rattling with them… I hate this job. Not because it’s messy but because […]

White Noise…

Silence is to me a wonderful thing.  My brain waves can run along without interference.  I can read with comprehension, write with clarity and actually think!  A little background music is ok  too but no lyrics please or I shall never be able to compose a coherent thought. My energy will be mostly spent tuning […]