It’s all I have to bring today– This, and my heart beside– This, and my heart, and all the fields– And all the meadows wide– Be sure you count–should I forget Some one the sum could tell– This, and my heart, and all the Bees Which in the clover dwell. Emily Dickinson

Did you know that Gethsemane means oil press? I deliberately looked up the scriptures on Jesus’s experience in that garden this morning because I feel sort of out of sorts in my life, and in my prayers. Don’t get me wrong - I do not compare any emotional disturbance of mine with what Jesus went through but I can learn from this account and I pray I will glean some insight from it. Why the meaning of the name Gethsemane is relevant I am struck by the process of pressing oil f

I never went to college. I was not a happy camper in high school and then at 16 years old I met my husband and we got married when I was 18 in February and our oldest son was born the following year in September. Then it was off to the races raising three boys and running multiple businesses. Now in my advancing years I have been drawn to self-directed learning. I have always written. Mostly to just keep sane but in 2018 I self-published a small book of poetry, more accuratel

And it came to this earth at the arrival of Jesus Christ.

Differences of opinion. Differences of expectations. Differences of interpretation.

A person caught up in the rhetoric of the day coming out of Washington, or anywhere for that matter, is assured to be wasting a great deal of their energy.

The Son of God was in their midst and two categories of individuals were unable to recognize Him

...a quick moment in time can change your life, if you pay attention.

Today, not so much. Today I know who I am and where I am ultimately going but the distance between the two is concealed from me. For now. Stay tuned. I will keep reading...

How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself

Jesus’s light “shows the very presence of God”

“Give us THIS DAY our daily bread” - Matthew 6:11 Today. We look towards God to enable us this day to do the work we must. We look towards God to provide the things we need. For this day. As I sit at my desk today looking to God, as I do most every day, I carry within me the effects of yesterday and the concerns for tomorrow - yet - I have been told by Jesus through the precious Holy Scriptures to look to Him to provide my daily bread for today. This day. There is a distance

God’s kingdom now. God’s kingdom not yet.

For about a week now I have had a phrase in my head, “Daughter of Saul”, not really knowing why, just wondering about it.

This story is about the grace and love of God.

So what happened to Moses between hearing from God at the tent of meeting and arriving back to the presence of the people?

It’s Christmas Eve and this is how my Christmas week has gone so far. I am on day fourteen in my Advent devotion book and my Advent calendar hanging on a door was last updated four days ago. Both practices were instigated by me to be more intentional towards the real meaning of Christmas and I have failed in my attempt. Yesterday I went shopping for my husband and bought him something he really doesn’t need but would like, I think. Driving to the mall I listened to Christmas

Psalm 103:22 Bless you - Yahweh - all of deeds of him - in all of places of dominion of him - bless you - soul of me.

Dealing with an addict is like Charlie Brown and the football. Lucy is holding the football (addict) and she is convincing Charlie Brown to kick again (the family) and eventually she is persuasive enough to get him to try again - and he finds himself flat on his back.