Smiling at the Future
He makes me lie down in green pastures. . . He leads me beside quiet waters. Psalm 23:2 He who trusts in his riches will fall, But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf. Proverbs 11:28 As the old…
Category Creation
Trusting the Scene Changes
On our way home yesterday we pulled off the Interstate near Marion, Arkansas, hoping to find a restroom and a quick lunch. We got a feast all right, not for our bellies but for our eyes. I bypassed the two service stations…
The Landscape Painter
Ray and I enjoyed a sweet day trip away from home yesterday. We left just after six a.m. and got to Tennessee’s Sequatchie Valley in time to look down at the rivers of fog suspended over the valley. When we…
Hidden Falls
This past Thursday while we were at the homeschool convention in Greenville, South Carolina, we took a walk downtown, ending up at Falls Park where the beautiful Liberty Bridge spans the Reedy River near its cascading falls. Again and again the clouds…
A Time to Enjoy God’s Creation
On Saturday and Sunday, Ray and I drove up to spend some working time and some fun time with our son John and his family. We are usually in a hurry when we make this drive, but this time we stopped…
When a Mama Is a Busy Mama
More than a decade ago I decided to try to take the word busy out of my vocabulary. I haven’t actually done that, but I do think now before I use it. I have mixed feelings about being busy. I…