Month: July 2024

I took advantage of a free half-hour this weekend to do a little light weeding. Starting in the back and working my way to the front, I was bending and pulling when I became aware of a noise overhead. A robin, perched on the side peak of the house next door, was scolding me loudly….

… About Stuff. Beware! Don’t always be wishing for what you don’t have. For real life and real living are not related to how rich we are.” Luke 12:15 Living Bible *** But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have…

“Our things are like roommates, except we pay their rent.” Fumio Sasaki *** I tried the Japanese method of decluttering where you hold every object that you own and if it doesn’t bring you joy, you throw it away.  So far I have thrown out all of the vegetables, the electric bill, the scale, a…

Time and space seem to go together. Seventeen years ago, I downsized from a 12-room house to a 4-room condo. Initially, boxes were piled everywhere, proof that I’d brought more stuff than I could house. It took me a year and a half to find everything a designated place, and that was after I donated…

I can’t think about aging without thinking about time. We think of time as past, present and future, but I think time is the links of life joining everything together in an unending chain of “now.” And we mostly don’t notice it is passing. Because we are unconscious of it, or because we are distracted?…

“It is never too late, no matter how old you get because anytime or any point in your life you can always have a chance to make a difference. You can always make a change for the better no matter what background you derived from. You can always do your best and be all that…

There’s no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege. Cary Grant *** As of this weekend, I have entered the 4th quarter: The 4th quarter of a century. The game is winding down. It’s a bit of a shock. I don’t feel “old,” however…

“Your potential is the sum of all the possibilities God has for your life.” Charles Stanley *** “There is no one who is insignificant in the purpose of God.” Alistair Begg *** For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 NIV *** God…

I will answer them before they even call to me.While they are still talking about their needs,I will go ahead and answer their prayers!Isaiah 65:24 NLT Nineteen years ago, when it became clear that Barry was dying, I called the cemetery where my grandparents and father are buried. Did they have anything nearby? I needed…