Good Gifts 2
This morning I was thinking about what I shared with you yesterday and realized that I left out some things I wanted to say. Let’s talk more about giving good gifts. Yesterday I talked mainly about things that cost money. Parents…
Category My Heart to Yours
Good Gifts 1
As I stood at the bathroom sink getting ready for the day, I was thinking about ways we can bless other people and ways that we can hurt them. Two of Jesus’ teachings came to mind. I sat down at…
Home
According to Laura Ingalls Wilder, “Home is the nicest word there is.” Pa, Ma, Mary, Laura, Carrie, and Grace moved often and lived in several states, but Pa and Ma gave their girls that secure place called home. When the red-checked…
Lessons from a Pleasant Morning
One morning last week, I ate my breakfast on the porch. A gentle, soaking rain fell around me. Across the field fog rose from behind the trees that line the river. At this time of transition with fall only a few…
Somebody Needs to Fix It
Our granddaughter Clara has been listening to Bible verses set to music, including Proverbs 17:22: “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.” Like all children, you never know when what goes into her…
Mystery
One by one I have added perennials to my garden. Several years ago I stopped at a nursery and found an inexpensive four-pack of perennials. I am terrible at remembering the names of new things I plant. I’m not even…