Lessons in the Dirt – Twists along the way
How encouraging it is that God is so very KIND to us! How encouraging it is that God does not abandon us in our weakness or our failures. But rather, God picks us up, holds onto us, and…
Fruit of Spirit Kindness #1
The Fruit of the Spirit is KINDNESS. Yesterday we considered that God is a God of great PATIENCE and LOVE! “God is PATIENT, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” -2 Peter 3:9b Today,…
God is patient … but His patience will reach an end.
The warm, gentle glow in today’s background photo has been burning for a long time. The wick has been long; the oil has been plentiful. However, time has run its course; the wick has almost reached its end; …
Lessons in the Dirt – Patience
We have been looking at the Fruit of the Spirit Patience this past week. It occurred to me that God has created us all with different and varying degrees of patience … for His specific purposes for us.…
How can I have the Fruit of the Spirit?
What is the Fruit of the Spirit?? The Fruit of the Spirit is evident, obvious results (aka "fruit") of the supernatural, powerful work of the Holy Spirit in someone's life!You might be wondering: "How can I have the…
What does patience look like?
Today’s background photo is not at all like the previous photos thus far in our look at Patience. Rather than a fuse, today’s light is coming from a long wick, saturated in pure, clear oil. The result is…
Letting off a few “sparks”!
In today’s background photo sparks are flying. A few sparks can’t hurt much … can they??Sometimes when our fuse is lit, we instinctively react by popping off a few “sparks”! We’re not blowing a fame of anger…
Blowing smoke!
Today’s background photo pretty much sums up social media! Everyone, everywhere airing their opinions and “blowing smoke!” ”A fool finds no pleasure in understanding, but delights in airing his own opinions.” -Proverbs 18:2 “The tongue is a restless…
Blowing anger all over everyone!
Today’s background photo pretty much sums up our world. Just about everyone everywhere is reacting to life by blowing fiery anger, rage, and hatred all over everyone else! “A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a…
Lessons in the Dirt – Cracking
Our tomatoes are cracking. Google has answers for mysteries such as this … and evidently, according to Google, the inside of the tomato is growing faster than the outside of the tomato. Well, that was no surprise. That…