Powerful Attraction!

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

Making the Old New… For The 1st Time

Making the old new.  You’re doing it all the time… aren’t You, Lord? “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.  See, I am doing a new thing!  Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?”  (Isaiah 43:18-19)  Like taking a hunk of old, cracked leather and making it supple again. Taking a

Priceless PDA’s!

It started in my bedroom closet, when I got dressed for church yesterday morning.  What would I wear?  My eyes moved to an outfit I hadn’t worn in quite some time.  It felt “right” somehow.  So I put it on. After church, we stopped at our “local” grocery store, eleven miles away.  We needed some provisions.  It

Thank You, Lord, for PLAN B!

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

Butts and Beverages

What were we thinking, Lord??? A gravel path.  Full of mud holes.  Bumpy and squishy. An isolated path… next to the C & O Canal.  Sun-speckled trees.  The mighty Potomac River with dangerous currents.  Eighty-foot dropoffs, straight down. Sore butts.  Sore thighs.  Sore shoulders.  Sore backs.  Sore feet. And no wonder!  How else would our

Explaining… the Inexplicable?

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

Closing My Eyes… To See HOPE!

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”

The Sweet Sound of Silence!

I heard the most wonderful story in church today, Lord.  A true story… with Great Truths! Back in the early days of aviation, a pilot was making a round-the-world flight.  About two hours into the latest leg of his journey, he heard the noise those early pilots dreaded. The gnawing of a rat.  It must have

Life in the Molasses Lane

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Slowly… But Surely!

For the first time ever, we went over our data limit for our satellite Internet.  Burning through 15 GB like a wildfire out of control. Come to think of it, maybe that’s a good description of a houseful of grandkids — A Wildfire Out of Control!   🙂 We’ve had a wonderful time, Lord!  AND