I think I’m weird. Whenever I’m going on a trip, or having a procedure, I have an overwhelming urge to thoroughly clean my house: walls, rugs, closets, drawers, the whole shebang. As I write this, I am thinking about the kitchen cabinets and all the items I store but never use. I should purge them…
Category: God Sightings
Seeing God in the Everyday
Be Happy?
Remember this song from a few years ago? In every life we have some troubleBut when you worry you make it doubleDon’t worry, be happyDon’t worry, be happy now. With everything that’s happening, how are you doing with that? Yeah, me neither. I woke up Monday with a toothache. The dentist says I need a…
Mr. Rogers Says…
“I believe that at the center of the universe there dwells a loving spirit who longs for all that’s best in all of creation, a spirit who knows the great potential of each planet as well as each person, and little by little will love us into being more than we ever dreamed possible. That…
Aging in Place
I have created you and cared for you since you were born. I will be your God through all your lifetime, yes, even when your hair is white with age. I made you and I will care for you. I will carry you along and be your Savior. Isaiah 46:3b-4 Living Bible Old age is not…
Success is …
Successful gardening is doing what has to be done,when it has to be done, the way it ought to be done,whether you want to do it or not. Jerry Baker (Sounds a lot like successful living! PR) O Lord our God, let your sweet beauty rest upon us and give us favor.Come work with us,…
Prayer in a Garden
by Eva Sparks Taylor (1903-1991) Today the world seemed cruel, but evening hoursWere filled with perfume from forgotten flowers.I saw again familiar filigreeOf moonlight through my lacy Lilac tree;I heard the robins stirring in their nest;And saw the path that fairy feet had pressed;Reflected stars were in my garden pool;On my warm face the breeze…
Growing Your Own Garden
(I came across these quotes while looking for other things. I just had to share them.) Stop watering things that were never meant to grow in your life. Water what works, what’s good, what’s right. Stop playing around with those dead bones and stuff you can’t fix, its over … leave it alone! You’re coming…
… Garden …
A garden is a thing of beauty and a job forever. Richard Briers I freely admit that I am nowhere the gardener as I am the housekeeper. For one thing, gardening happens outside in the heat (forget about houseplants; I have a 100% kill rate). And gardening involves dirt. And bugs. Yet I enjoy the…
10,000 Flowers
Yet So Blessed…
The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings. Robert Louis Stevenson My grandmother liked her beverages fully iced; I imagine growing up in steamy-hot southern Illinois had something to do with it. She kept a Styrofoam container in her freezer, refilling it from…