From Ishtar to Easter

From Ishtar to Easter

The land of Mesopotamia   in 2000 BC,  flourished by the banks   of the River Euphrates.   Here great cities prospered   boasting walls thick and wide.  Ziggurat temples   loomed toward the sky.   Legends arose   of great kings from the past; …
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The power of a hymn!

The power of a hymn!

As a young girl I grew up in church singing all the old hymns.   The praise worship songs we sing in church today had not been written yet.   Many of the old hymns from the hymn book had…
Posted inEaster, Who is Jesus?
Springing up to life!

Springing up to life!

A few years ago, hubby and I picked up a package of lily bulbs at the garden nursery.   There were three bulbs in the package.   Hubby and I assumed the lilies would grow to be about knee-height, so…
Posted inEaster, Hope, Lessons in the Dirt
Death … and … Resurrection

Death … and … Resurrection

I had an early morning appointment, so I hurried out the front door and over to the car barn  …  where I stopped short and yelped in startled shock at the sight of a dead bird lying next…
Posted inEaster, Grief, Hope
What is Heaven like??

What is Heaven like??

Someone special is no longer here.  Jesus called them to Heaven.  And we shed our tears!  What is Heaven like on the other side??  …  when the breath leaves our body and we’re no longer alive?  In that…
Posted inEaster, Grief, Poems
Why the sword?

Why the sword?

This week in the Daily Audio Bible reading, God gave me a “surprise blessing” of something I had never seen before.   (I love it when that happens!)   When it comes to the account of Jesus’s betrayal and arrest…
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Easter-eggs!

Easter-eggs!

Yesterday I headed outside to do some work in the forest.   As I toted the wheelbarrow across the yard, lo and behold, I came across some mushrooms I had never seen before!    Aren’t they cool!  I set about…
Posted inEaster, Gratitude