Mar 20, 2026 – Joy
Streams – What Cowman shares from Tried by Fire reminds me of the year the boys were born when I was on bedrest while we were adding onto our house. A few or so...
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Mar 14, 2026 – Hesitation
JC – Young’s interpretation of Scripture in the first sentence today is very interesting: “Do not hesitate to receive Joy from Me, for I bestow it on you abundantly.” Hesitate? It is very inciteful...
Mar 11, 2026 – Marvel
JC – “Walk by faith, not by sight. As you take steps of faith, depending on Me, I will show you how much I can do for you. If you live your life too...
Mar 5, 2026 – Overcome
Utmost – Acts 20:24 – “…so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus.” Chambers explains, that, “Joy means the perfect fulfilment of...
Feb 11, 2026 – Relationship
I did it again. I let current (sad and frustrating) events on TV delay my time with God this morning. He tells us to protect our time with Him (see Matthew 6:6 and Psalm...
Feb 4, 2026 – Constraint
We have fog again this morning, so thick at first that the leafless branches of the trees in the backyard just looked shadowy. I didn’t think to start taking progression photos at that stage,...
Jan 31, 2026 – Obedience
Utmost – Chambers makes an important clarification for believers, “Our calling is not primarily to be holy men and women, but to be proclaimers of the Gospel of God…. Personal holiness is an effect,...
Jan 11, 2026 – Restoring Order
For most of the cold, rainy day yesterday, I was organizing and decluttering. I had set my sights on restoring order to our bathroom counters and perhaps even our closet, but I noticed that...
Jan 8, 2026 – Transform
After posting the blog yesterday, I turned on the TV in the kitchen to keep me company while I had a late breakfast. The cooking, decorating, and Hallmark channels didn’t hold my interest so...
Dec 27, 2025 – The Road Ahead
There’s one house in the valley below that is glowing with Christmas lights. You can see it through the trees in the bottom right of the photo. It makes me smile whenever I see...