How to succeed
"The degree of one's perseverance is the best predictor of one's success."- author unknownIf you want to be successful, hang in there and don't give up.
Life will give you opportunity after opportunity to quit.
"With every opportunity God gives you, there will always be several off-ramps where you'll have to decide do I really want it. Life will give you opportunity after opportunity to quit on the path to your obedience." -…
God is amazing!
"You alone are the LORD.You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything,…
God saves us by His grace, for our joy, and for His glory.
"It is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast." - Ephesians 2:8-9
Bloom blessings … on really tall stems!
For years I have hoped to grow astilbe in our flower beds. TaDa! We now have astilbe! At first glance, these pink fluffy flowers on tall stems don’t look like much. And that’s true. This is their first…
Bloom blessings … high in the air!
Check it out! A red sunflower! How cool is that!! I didn’t know sunflowers bloomed red! Ok, to be honest I picked the seed packet out at Home Depot. And I planted the seeds. But I’m still in…
Where you are today matters for who you’ll be tomorrow
Today's Words of Wisdom are from my journal. Over the years, whenever I hear a piece of profound wisdom, I jot it down in my journal. Most often, I don't think to jot down who said it. Such…
It’s all about attitude
Today's Words of Wisdom are from my pastor, Pastor Mark: "Enjoying our life has a lot more to do with the attitude in us that the circumstances going on around us."
A bat in the firebox
A bat recently got into our firebox. How, I don’t know. I thought it was a closed contained firebox, with little holes in metal tubes to let the smoke out and up the chimney. But somehow the bat…
God wants me to trust Him, even when He says “No.”
Psalm 23:1 - "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want."Sometimes it doesn't feel like "I shall not want. Especially when God says "No" to the things I really really want.My good shepherd has a purpose and…