Restricted Vision, Unburdened Sight
Sometimes the things you can't see help you see more clearly!
Growing up, we lived in a house that had a sun porch that went all the way across the front of the house. There were huge windows that ran the whole length of the sun porch. Every year at Christmas time, my dad would put bright colored Christmas lights in every pane of every window … Continue reading From the Light
We don’t always get things right the first time. Sometimes it takes multiple tries to get it right. Occasionally it is a process that we have to be patient with, and learn as we go. Those times that it does not work out the first time, we have to figure out what didn’t work and … Continue reading Don’t Give Up Until You See The Result You Want
This post’s Scripture passage reference: Psalm 119:172-176 When we first moved to the air that we now live as a family of six, it was a whole new world. Even though the area we moved to is considered small, it is much, much bigger than either of the places we had lived before. We felt … Continue reading Living in the Light of Christ
For Monday , 12/01/2025 Since it is the first day of December, I thought I would revisit my first Christmas post. This is a chunk of my very first “Christmas” blog post from 2017. Christmas will be a little different this year, so these family memories are even sweeter this first Christmas without my lifelong … Continue reading The Lights on the Tree — Reboot
This post’s Scripture passage reference: Psalm 119:166-170 I have heard numerous people, when they are attempting to encourage someone, say, “Just do the next thing, and then the next thing, and the next thing after that…” When we are going through difficult times, we sometimes need to hear this to help us keep moving forward. … Continue reading Seeing Down the Path of a Faithful Life
This post’s Scripture passage reference: Psalm 119:160-165. I have seen a number of references to summer camp from different areas recently. Even though it is the end of November right now, you have to be planning for summer camp, If you have been with me for a while, you know of my love for summer … Continue reading Observe the Love of the Law
This post’s Scripture passage reference: Psalm 119:153-159. Do you go through times that, although everything seems to be going good and you can’t pinpoint any specific issues in your life, you just feel “off?” You are a bit anxious or on edge and you don’t know why. I think I have pinpointed in my life … Continue reading Identify the Need to Be Revived
I hope that everyone can find thankfulness in their hearts today. “14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you … Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving!
This post’s Scripture passage reference: Psalm 119:145-152. I gave a friend a journal quite a while back. She was not really into journaling. I told her she could write prayer requests in it. Some time later she mentioned that when she first started writing in the journal she was mostly writing prayer requests and requesting … Continue reading Looking at Prayer a Little Differently
This blog’s Scripture passage reference: Psalm 119:136-144 I must grudgingly admit I am thankful that life throws me curveballs from time to time. It keeps me on my toes. Some of them have not been exactly what I would have chosen, yet all of them have molded my life in unique and different ways to … Continue reading Focusing on Life Lived with Jesus
Restricted Vision, Unburdened Sight 