King’s birth name was Michael. His father, inspired by the German Reformer, changed both their names. The boy was 5 years old. “You will change your mind; You will change your looks; You will change your smile, laugh, and ways but no matter what you change, you will always be you.” He skipped 9th and…
Category: God Sightings
Seeing God in the Everyday
Look at the Birds
“So my counsel is: Don’t worry about things—food, drink, and clothes. For you already have life and a body—and they are far more important than what to eat and wear. Look at the birds! They don’t worry about what to eat—they don’t need to sow or reap or store up food—for your heavenly Father feeds…
Sweet Pea the Bulldog
Poor Sweet Pea. He’d had a rough life. Apparently he’d been dropped on his head: the large ceramic figure’s face had been shattered and badly reglued. So his owners, collectors of all things bulldog, took him to The Repair Shop (Netflix). (I am broken, too. Some days I think I’m too damaged to be bothered…
An Extra Helping of Thanksgiving
Some of you may remember that 14 months ago our cat Zoey became very sick and was hospitalized for 3 days. The diagnosis was kidney disease, a common problem in cats. You may remember that I came very close to euthanizing her at that time, horrified by her pain and overwhelmed by the treatment I…
Wishing You a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving
Count your blessings instead of your crosses;Count your gains instead of your losses.Count your joys instead of your woes;Count your friends instead of your foes.Count your smiles instead of your tears;Count your courage instead of your fears.Count your full years instead of your lean;Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.Count your health instead of…
Thanks-living
My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and…
That 1st Thanksgiving
The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. — H.U. Westermayer The Pilgrims set foot at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620. Their first winter was devastating. At the beginning of the following fall, they had lost 46…
Blessed Beyond Measure
More thoughts about blessings: But I will always trust in you and in your mercy and shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord because he has blessed me so richly. Psalm 13:5-6 Living Bible (TLB) “When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or…
Thanksgiving Humor
Q: How many cooks does it take to stuff a Thanksgiving turkey?A: Only one, but you really have to squeeze to get him in. It’s not the minutes spent at the table that put on weight, it’s the seconds. “May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey be plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have…
Thanksgiving: a Poem
Author Unknown We are thankful for the care That did not come to try us; The burden that we did not bear, The trouble that passed by us; The task we did not fail to do, The hurt we did not cherish; The friend who did not prove untrue, The joy that did not perish….