Category: A Faith in Process
Notes from the Journey
Prayer in a Garden
by Bert Hinckley Quite a bit of me is notWorth keeping, Lord, and You could blotWhole sections out and and I be none the worseScrap them without diminishing Your universeOne jot. Aid me to nurture what You can approveAnd help it grow and smother all the weedsThat You find hateful, and I cannot love,So that…
The Weed
Outside my window are two hummingbird feeders. I love to see those exquisite birds perch and take their time. Do they feel safe as they drink the sugar-water? I smile every time they visit. A week ago, I noticed a slender vine with arrowhead leaves climbing the shepherd’s hook. A google search suggests that this…
Easy Road
There are two paths before you; you may take only one path. One doorway is narrow. And one door is wide. Go through the narrow door. For the wide door leads to a wide path, and the wide path is broad; the wide, broad path is easy, and the wide, broad, easy path has many, many people on…
Danger All Around
One day last week, I set out to do some work outside. “I’m going to get on the ladder and hope I don’t fall off,” I jokingly told Jenna. “The best way not to fall off a ladder,” she replied, “Is not to get on it in the first place.” She’s not wrong. The same…
August
August (the word) “Marked by majestic dignity or grandeur.” (from the Merriam-Webster dictionary) August (the month)In 8 B.C. the Roman Senate honored Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor, by changing the name of their month “Sextilis” to “Augustus.” ********** As Sunday is a restful pause before commencing the work week, August is the pause before…
Everyday Treasure
Everyday Blessings Treasure Hunt For everyday people who are blessed For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift.John 1:16 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition List at least: 5 things that…
Prayer for Good Humor
Storing Your Treasure . . .
. . . In Heaven Some people store up treasures in their homes here on earth. This is a shortsighted practice—don’t undertake it. Moths and rust will eat up any treasure you may store here. Thieves may break into your homes and steal your precious trinkets. Instead, put up your treasures in heaven where moths do not attack, where rust does not…
It’s Not the Jar …
… It’s what is inside! The God who spoke light into existence, saying, “Let light shine from the darkness,” is the very One who sets our hearts ablaze to shed light on the knowledge of God’s glory revealed in the face of Jesus, the Anointed One.But this beautiful treasure is contained in us—cracked pots made of earth and clay—so that the…