Some people call it retirement, but that’s not how I look at this change in my life. I have quit working at Nelson Farm Supply after 17 years; my last day was December 7. I quit just in time to travel to Muscatine on December 9 to see Emmy in her Christmas program then get […]
GRACE OVER PERFORMANCE
A few days ago I read an interview with the grandson of Billy Graham, TullianTchividjian. He’s written a book named “One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World”. I’m putting a link to the article here http://jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com/2013/10/02/tullian-tchividjian/ The interview focused on the failure of the church to share the good news of grace in […]
GOOD IS COMING
I added a quote to my quote page the other day. It goes like this: “Yet I believe that good is coming to me–that good is always coming; though few have at all times the simplicity and the courage to believe it. What we call evil, is the only and best shape, which, for the […]
Bike Ride
Yesterday (Saturday) we went for a motorcycle ride with Jim and Janet Myler. It was supposed to be a really hot day, but we met in Portsmouth at 1:00 and it was cloudy and about 81. We rode north to Dow City, got sprinkled on, went on to Pisgah, still cloudy. The temp actually dropped […]
LAY IT DOWN
What is it within me that always seeks its own? The ego, the sin nature, the “I”? Even though my heart and intent is to seek God, it is almost never that pure. There is this other layer of what’s in it for me. I hate that. I want You, Holy Spirit, to get rid […]
Who’s Hungry??
I love baking cookies. Oatmeal chocolate chip to be exact. It’s a recipe from my Aunt Rhoda and has been a food group all its own in our family. Once when my nephew was a little boy and at our house I asked him if he wanted a cookie. He replied, “What kind of cookie?” […]
TWINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep, that’s what I said! Megan and Greg are expecting twins in March! It all seems quite unreal, and everyone in the family is very excited. There is quite the debate between Bria and Emmy and Tre and Tru as to whether they will be boys or girls or one of each! They all want […]
A New Page
There’s a new page listed above the posts named Devotions 1-10. These are the first ten devotions in my book “Fringes of His Ways”. I plan on eventually getting all the devotions on my blog posting ten per page. I hope they can help you in your search for the God who loves you so […]
Yancey
We’ve decided that we have an alpaca. Why, you ask? Why not? He’s smaller than a llama, and really pretty cute. His name is Yancey. If you’d like to see him, you may wait a long time…he’s very shy. Our kids haven’t seen him yet, so they’re considering having us committed. Of course, they’ll have […]
LIVING ON PURPOSE
I need to be more deliberate, Lord, in the use of my time. So much can be wasted away on things that may seem important at the time, but in the end they are meaningless. Purpose. I need to have purpose in the time that I call my own, especially at this stage of my […]
