New Living Translation 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods. His faithful love endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His faithful love endures forever. 4 Give thanks to him who alone does mighty miracles. His faithful love endures forever. 5 Give…
Power Plays One of the truest tests of someone's character is how they handle any power that is given to them. Some people use it to get what they want. They bully. They coerce. They blame. They take advantage of anything and everything their position of power presents. They are focused on making a difference…
Before you ignore this post and write it off as too legalistic or something like that, keep reading... I was pondering things, as I do, this morning. My brain likes to ponder things. And I was saying one of my morning prayers as I was getting ready to go outside to let the chickens out…
I was listening to a great book last week. I listened to it first last year. It's just one of those books that deserve another listen and several more read-throughs, which is why I purchased a used copy. It's called Super You: Release Your Inner Superhero. Now, before you turn up your nose at it…
Picture this: You're on holiday (I think it's much more fun saying holiday than vacation) in Scotland and you've always wanted to visit Loch Ness. Maybe you'll catch a glimpse of Nessie. So you take a lake cruise. And when you're in the middle of the cruise--the middle of the loch--you fall overboard. The water…
I'm an introvert. I'm a highly sensitive person. I love baseball. And since I currently live only 2 hours from my favorite team, I like to go to a couple of games every year. And we went yesterday. The fan in me loves it. The introvert in me has a hard time with it. The…
Wisdom. What do you think of when you hear that word? Maybe you think about King Solomon from the Bible and how wise he was. How got the truth out of two women about the death of a baby. How he offered to cut the living baby in two. Or you think about some person…
There was a Star Wars marathon on TV Memorial Day Weekend—the original ones (Episodes IV-VI). Typically, my Memorial Day Weekend TV watching consists of war movies or John Wayne movies or John Wayne war movies. I needed a change this year. So, I picked fictional space battles instead of non-fiction earth battles. Though “The Longest…
In which I talk about my fight with depression since childhood.
We have quite the extensive garden here on the farm. In addition to space for the vegetables, we have a large strawberry patch, a large blueberry patch, and so many fruit trees. It's wonderful. But this time of year it's a lot of work. The soil needs to be prepped for planting. Seeds are germinated…