with Wanda
2 Timothy 2:22 Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. I don’t know about you, but I found it difficult to relax with my family this… Continue Reading “The Wishbone”
Ezekiel 35:26 – I will cause my people and their homes around my holy hill to be a blessing. And I will send showers, showers of blessings, which will come just when they are needed. How has God showered you with blessings this past year?… Continue Reading “Blessings Abound”
Psalms 139:5-6 You hem me in – behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. I love the imagery found throughout the Psalms! The quilt in the picture above is… Continue Reading “Hemmed In”
Matthew 24:12-13 Because of increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. It would be easy to give up on humans with all the evil that happens in our world every day. I… Continue Reading “Growing Cold”
Today is Reformation Sunday, and this year Lutherans are commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation! Reformation Sunday remembers when Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses in Wittenberg, Germany, on Oct. 31, 1517, which led to changes that have shaped the course of Western… Continue Reading “The Reformation”
Psalm 125:2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore. Mike and I were in Colorado last week visiting our daughter who attends Colorado State University. While there we attended the CSU homecoming football game, tailgated, ate too… Continue Reading “Mountains”
1 Thessalonians 5:15-18: Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.… Continue Reading “Kindness In Action”
Romans 8:37-39 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth,… Continue Reading “Half Staff”
Mark 4:14-20 “The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky… Continue Reading “Harvest”
Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Last weekend I had the privilege of taking pictures of the first view at my niece’s wedding.… Continue Reading “Glimpses of Heaven”