If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won’t correct you for asking. James 1:5 Contemporary English Version For skillful and godly Wisdom is better than rubies or pearls, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. Proverbs 8:11…
Month: August 2022
Good Gifts
I have a bedtime ritual with my cats: when I’m ready to close down, I offer them treats – to get them out of my room for the night. Zoey can’t be bothered: she doesn’t like “treats” and my command is enough. But Hunter is all about a bedtime snack. He typically gets his on…
What If?
What if I lived life as it actually is, instead of demanding it be the way it’s “supposed” to be? What if I accepted myself as I really am, instead of how I “should” be? What if I was never supposed to “do” it all? What if my best is good enough? What if “success”…
Squirrel!
We are used to dealing with squirrels in the bird feeders all winter. But in the summer? Well, yes, this one decided he wanted the hummingbird food. He began (I assume it’s a he) by climbing the post and anchoring himself to the hook. Then, as a couple of hummingbirds watched in astonishment, he popped…
White
White contains all the wavelengths of the visible spectrum at equal intensity. It is the presence of all the light. White (or its variations), in the King James translation, occurs 79 times (81 times in the New Living Translation). It is the most frequently mentioned pigment in the New Testament and in the word of…
More Buechner
I don’t usually do this. (Okay, I never do this.) But Buechner’s words will not leave me alone unless I share them. Here are more quotes. ************ “If there is anything in this world I believe, it is that God is indeed doing all kinds of things in the lives of all of us.” God…
Frederick Buechner
Carl Frederick Buechner (BEEK-nər; July 11, 1926 – August 15, 2022) was an American writer, novelist, poet, autobiographer, essayist, preacher, and theologian. He was an ordained Presbyterian minister and the author of thirty-nine published books. (Wikipedia) When I read of his death last week, I was surprised to find that not only was he a contemporary, but he lived in New…
Messy Life?
Do you ever feel that your life looks like this? Messy, tangled threads going every which way? Can you even make sense of it or even sort it out? Ah, but God sees what we don’t: a complete and finished product. And He is not the least bit surprised or deterred by our “mess.” God…
Trust
TRUST: to have confidence in, place reliance upon, reasonably expect, believe, and entrust. We belong to God … We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. 1 John 4:6, 16 NLT ********** This is where I go wrong. I see that bad things happen; I even experience them….
Chosen by Name
So the Lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one. Genesis 2:19 New Living Translation ********** Then Adam’s children got involved, naming animal groups. Here are some:…