In November of 1994, I started working through the book, Six Weeks to a Simpler Lifestyle by Barbara Degrote-Sorensen and David Allen Sorenson. This is what I wrote in my journal that first week. Persistence in spite of pitfalls. Nothing worthwhile can be accomplished without it. I have picked the most difficult time of year…
Month: June 2020
Someone You Should Know…
Amy Carmichael Amy Carmichael (16 December 1867 – 18 January 1951) was a missionary to India where she opened an orphanage. She served for 55 years without furlough and wrote many books about her service. Her words seem very appropriate to what we face these days. ********** Let us not be surprised when we have…
“Keep-A-Goin'”
Since then it is by faith that we are justified, let us grasp the fact that we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have confidently entered into this new relationship of grace, and here we take our stand, in happy certainty of the glorious things he has for us…
Patience
Now that things are beginning to open up, we are being encouraged to resume our “temporarily interrupted lives.” As though that is possible. Because “going forward” is not the same as “going back.” There is no “back” to go to. Our new “normal” doesn’t mean we are through with the need for patience. Patience is…
A Little Light Humor
How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb? None, that’s a hardware issue. How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? One, but only if the light bulb wants to change. How many mystery writers does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to change the bulb, and…
As Pure Gold
Yet he knows the way I have taken;when he has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold. Job 23:9-11 Christian Standard Bible (CSB) “One day we took the children to see a goldsmith refine gold after the ancient manner of the East. He was sitting beside his little charcoal fire. (“He shall sit as…
More Bits & Pieces
(Things I gleaned from my reading, although I don’t usually remember where I read it) Science has determined that both incivility and kindness are contagious. Like a virus, they’re transmitted from one person to the next. If we experience rudeness or kindness — even if we only witness them — we will tend toward that…
CoVid Shopping, update
On May 5 I wrote about the new way to grocery shop. It has been a real learning experience. In my first online order, I wanted 3 packets of bacon bits. I got 3 boxes (15 packets)! In the first local order, I ordered 5 pounds of rice. I got 10 pounds for the same…
Waiting
But death will be destroyed forever. And the Lord God will wipe away every tear from every face. In the past, all of his people were sad, but God will take away that sadness from the earth. All of this will happen because the Lord said it would.At that time people will say, “Here is…
A Prayer for Today
This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 New Living Translation (NLT) Lord, be with us this day,Within us to purify us;Above us to draw us up;Beneath us to sustain us;Before us to lead us;Behind us to restrain us;Around us to protect us.(St. Patrick c 389-461)…