“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. Remain in me,…
Category: A Faith in Process
Notes from the Journey
“Look At Me, Mommy!”
“Look at me, Mommy!” a young voice called. Glancing up from our conversation, my friend and I beheld her young daughter hanging by her knees outside a second floor railing, directly above a concrete basement entry. “Get down from there right now!” The child heard only anger in Cindy’s voice; I heard terror. The girl…
Taught by Experience
It’s raining. It’s pouring. And Missy wants to go out. “Don’t be silly, ” Barry tells her. “You would not like it out there.” But Missy is sure that she would. And she is very sure that she wants to try. She stands by the door, her tail quivering with passion, as she voices her…
Genesis 3: 1-7 (NIV)
The Fall Please read these verses in your own Bible or online (Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+3%3A+1-7&version=NIV ). The notes are from my own studies. v 1: The serpent is a subordinate. Later in the Bible he is identified as Satan (“the Adversary” – opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute.) She did not know he was…
Buffy of the’ Hood
Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. Psalm 102 :2 NLT Our first cat-love was a green-eyed blonde. She came into our lives when friends moved in across the street. Her name was Buffy. Buffy had been a street cat before her adoption and…
eXercise?
Does refusing to go to the gym count as resistance training? Anonymous – coolfunnyquotes.com
Genesis 2:4-25 NIV
Adam and Eve Please read these verses from the Bible of your choice or online (Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2&version=NIV )The observations and comments are from my own Bible studies. v 4: Genesis 1 was the overview. God now gets down to the specific creation of humans. While in Genesis 1, the word translated as “God” is…
Lunch for Two
Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence him. With them alone he shares the secrets of his promises. Psalm 25:14 The Living Bible (TLB) Missy had ignored me all morning, preferring to spend her time in her own way. But now it was noon, and time for lunch. And lunchtime was one of…
Genesis 1: 14 – 2: 3 NIV
Please read these verses from the Bible of your choice or on line (Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A14+-+2%3A3&version=NIV ) The observations and comments are from my studies. v 14-15: God created an orderly world, with an orderly progression of time: signs to mark seasons, days, years. Later we find that God marks the seasons for the Jewish…
From: Pam, To: Carol
A Weather Report You said, “The sky out here is blue, the temperature is warm.But where you live I hear you have a major winter storm. “Out here in California the weather is perfection.The Midwest winter justifies a mass westward defection.” “It’s not so bad,” I feebly say. “The snow’s a lovely sight.”“We sit outside,”…