What is Good??
A coyote has taken up residence around our place recently. Just the other day, as I was having lunch, the coyote settled down in the overgrown brush by the garden corner and relaxed for a long while. I’ve…
Fruit of Spirit Goodness #1
The Fruit of the Spirit is GOODNESS. What is GOODNESS?? What does it mean to have GOODNESS?? Our study of the Fruit of the Spirit has been featuring background images which have contrasted LIGHT vs. dark. Today’s background…
Fruit of Spirit Kindness #7
The Fruit of the Spirit is KINDNESS. Our Daily-verse today states: “God is KIND to the ungrateful and wicked.” -Luke 6:35b-36 Our accompanying background photo shows the headlights of a car illuminating the roadway … thereby revealing a…
Fruit of Spirit Kindness #6
The Fruit of the Spirit is KINDNESS. Our background photo for today shows a headlamp brilliantly illuminating the path forward. As is clearly obvious, the past is in the past … left behind, in the dark. The future…
Lessons in the Dirt – Night is Coming
It is almost October, and time to bring the tomato harvest inside … even though they’re all still green. I stepped outside to do this just as night was falling. And as I was picking green tomatoes in…
Fruit of Spirit Kindness #5
The Fruit of the Spirit is KINDNESS. In our background photo today, we see a cellphone flashlight illuminating a dark path. In much the same way, our very lives shine the LIGHT of KINDNESS … thereby illuminating the…
Fruit of Spirit Kindness #4
The Fruit of the Spirit is KINDNESS. The main thought which has been guiding our look at the Fruit of the Spirit KINDNESS is Romans 2:4b: “God’s KINDNESS leads you toward repentance.” Fruit of the Spirit KINDNESS is…
Fruit of Spirit Kindness #3
The Fruit of the Spirit is KINDNESS. Romans 2:4b states: “God’s KINDNESS leads you toward repentance.” Fruit of the Spirit KINDNESS is totally different and unique in that the Holy Spirit uses this type of KINDNESS to draw…
Fruit of Spirit Kindness #2
The Fruit of the Spirit is KINDNESS. Romans 2:4b states: “God’s KINDNESS leads you toward repentance.” As we look at the Fruit of the Spirit KINDNESS, we see that Fruit of the Spirit KINDNESS is completely different from…
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…