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 […]
It’s been a very rainy week. The grad party squeaked by with just a bit of drizzle, but not enough to keep the kids inside. Thank-you, Lord! But Monday, it rained. And Tuesday. And Wednesday. Thursday afternoon we jumped on the tandem when the road had dried between showers and got a hundred yards up […]
I have started reading Ezekiel this week. It does not exactly lend itself to ‘devotional’ blogging. After reading the first six or so chapters I was depressed for the rest of the day. Hormones maybe, but disturbing reading to be sure. First there are all these bizarre ‘living creatures’ with wings that turn out to […]
God is here in these moments as I finish up the supper dishes, everyone gone out for the evening but me, here, with Him. Grateful. There is no audible presence. No proof of His nearness. Just His Word, His oath—I will never leave you nor forsake you… Tonight that is enough. I walked this afternoon, […]
I’m grateful this week for God’s faithfulness because it is the rock that steadies my own fickleness. I weary of my fainting faith, of my fickle heart that fills with hope and confidence one moment but is so easily cast into doubt and sent racing off in desperation to do something at the next moment! […]