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Springtime Flowers
Looking at my back patio was dismal. Last year’s plants had faded into wisps of yellowed memories. It was a site that caused my palms to itch, longing for my gardening gloves. So, off I went to the local nursery. Now, I know some people are addicted to different things – I have to be very careful when I decide to go to this place. I always have a dollar amount in mind, because if I’m not careful, the next stop is a Rehab Center in a group called “Gardener’s Anonymous”. Yep, it’s that bad. 🙂 Today, I was moderate. I only slightly exceeded my budget – but it was…
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After the Storm
This week was a definite roller-coaster. Early on, there were Texas-sized storms that rolled through, damaging the town where I used to live. Thankfully, nobody was seriously hurt. Although, there was a lot of damage. My dog – my girl Samantha hates storms. Thundershirt, tranqs, whatever it takes, we manage to get through. This one saw us holed up in the bathroom while my phone blinked “Tornado Warning”. As she sat on my lap, shaking and panting, I tried to soothe her. She’s normally not a lap dog. She likes to pretend she is independent. (They say dogs take after their owners, right?) As the two of us huddled, I…
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Wait for It
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness…” Gal. 5:22 ESV There are days where I think, “Gee, maybe I did one of these sections of the fruit pretty well… Let me see…maybe even for most of the day!” You know what? I don’t think I have ever said that when it comes to the fourth one. Patience. I have been given this moniker as a sarcastic nickname from a friend. Well, truth be known, I’m actually “P2”, his wife is “P1”. 🙂 I looked up the definition of patience as I was writing this. I was okay with the first definition. This one,…
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Imagine the Light
There was an enormous space. So large, in fact, that it is truly impossible for the human mind to comprehend. Its vastness is even difficult for scientists and mathematicians to create formulas to express it. Instead, we have given it a reasonable sounding name: the Universe. What if this enormous “bubble” of visible and invisible matter was not the only thing present? What if, hovering outside of it all, and keeping things in order there is an Entity – a Being – the Very One Who Created It? Again, we have given this a name: God, Elohim. The eternal, unending, beyond time, space and matter God. Unfathomable. Perfect. Holy. What…
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Shepherd and the Shadow
When I was a little girl, in addition to what everyone normally called me, occasionally my mom would call me “Shadow“, because I would follow my dad so closely. Shadow. I like the image that connotates…and, it reminds me of this… One of my dearest friends and I were having a conversation one day. We were discussing the painting of Jesus carrying a lamb around his neck. This painting has hidden depth, because lore has it that if a lamb is wayward and goes rogue, a diligent shepherd will break the lamb’s leg. While this sounds cruel, and PETA would have a meltdown at this, it is truly for the…
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Hover Over Waters
It is Friday – a bright, sunny day in February. The sky is blue, and so am I. Mourning, actually. Feeling sorrow at the loss of so much we have identified as “America”. These days I wonder if was all a mirage the whole time? That being said, it is imperative to keep our eyes on what is true. Pontious Pilate epically asked, “What is truth?” How sad and pitiful that he did not recognize the Very One standing before his paltry self was and is The Truth – Jesus, our Messiah. Which brings me to the present day. God supersedes time. After all, He created it. That is a…
