Precious Lord, I had already determined that, at least for today, I would not be uploading this blog. We have no international data plan, so to do so would be prohibitively expensive. Or so I thought... until someone here showed me A Way. Lord... Please let this work like she said! (With no charges to...
You welcomed us with a splash, Lord. We had come to pray. To seek You... more of You. In our lives. In our church that is struggling. It was pouring at the church. The gully-washing, torrential kind of pouring Noah knew all too well. My two sisters were disheartened. Disgusted, even. But, by Your Grace,...
We had gathered for prayer. Just three of us? NOT! :) "For where two or three gather in My name, there am I with them." (Matthew 18:20) We are just beginning our journey. With You, Lord... and with each other. We were sharing how You had "spoken" to us in the past week....
Today's ZOOM meeting -- the one I was hosting -- had to be cancelled. At the very last minute. It was no surprise to You, Lord. But it was to me. Our satellite Internet at home on the mountain won't support that technology. I had made arrangements to use the conference room of a business...
One day they weren't here. The next day, we were inundated. Japanese Beetles. Swarming over our tender pole bean leaves. Turning them into delicate lace petals rather than the robust chlorophyll producers they are meant to be. Enter the Japanese Beetle Trap. The good news is... this trap does a GREAT job of attracting Japanese Beetles. The bad news...
PLAN A would have doubled our gain... and our pain. Friday, we went on our longest bicycle ride ever: 35.5 miles in 5.5 hours! The scenery was spectacular! The challenge was adventuresome! But... I wasn't sure we were going to make it. I was beginning to think we might not. I must say, Lord... It gave me a...
How do You do it, Lord? Show me something in a given moment... and explain it to me in the very next moment? "Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." (Jeremiah 33:3) I had just posted my blog the other day. About how...
I had to chuckle, Lord, when Pastor Mark spoke about his early days in ministry. His first church plant ended in failure (his word). He was invited to lead a second church plant in another region of the country. His pain-ingrained, knee-jerk reaction was to say NO. But You're a hard One to say "no"...
We went to the Virginia State Special Olympics yesterday. An annual day of competition -- and celebration -- for special athletes with special abilities. Including a loved one in our own family. He was the youngest there... by far. But he had earned it, winning two first place finishes at his regional meet. He competed in...
We met our newest neighbor yesterday. Not exactly “met.” The word “saw” would be more accurate. He wasn’t particularly friendly. He just showed up at our back door and looked inside. He didn’t even knock. I was standing right next to the door doing laundry. He had to see me… right, Lord? But it didn’t...
