After Barry retired, we team-taught Adult Sunday School and took classes. In one such class, we were randomly given 3 ordinary playing cards. A poster listed each card’s meaning. I turned over a card and found I had a full-ride scholarship! The next card was a second full-ride scholarship! I started to feel pretty cocky….
Month: September 2021
Labor Day
Labor was God’s idea. It’s part of His “very good.” The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to work the soil and take care of the garden. Genesis 2:15 Easy-to-Read Version The material creation was made by God to be developed, cultivated, and cared for in an endless number of ways through human…
Math Problems
I never knew, when I was in school, that math could be funny!
Peace
[Jesus said,]“I leave the gift of peace with you—my peace. Not the kind of fragile peace given by the world, but my perfect peace. Don’t yield to fear or be troubled in your hearts—instead, be courageous!” John 14:27 The Passion Translation And everything I’ve taught you is so that the peace which is in me…
The Block
I had an dream: a garden at the base of the swimming pool. Unfortunately, that area was lawn. If I wanted a garden, the grass has to go. It was the early days of Barry’s illness (ALS). He suggested we pay our lawn service to dig my new garden. But it would be at least…
Satisfied
It is our practice to give Hunter 5 or 6 cat “treats” as a way to entice him out of my room at bedtime. Recently though, we noticed that Hunter was reluctant to head for the “eating place” where his treats awaited him. Even coaxing wasn’t working. We started to worry about his health. Then…