and Purposeful Prose
Inclined to sit awhile Inspired to stop and write Meditating on truths Seeking God’s pure light. Captured by the thought That Jesus walked on earth He sojourned here among us He broke bread And felt our hurts. God became a man Born of flesh and blood To reveal the face of God To show the [...]
Day 42 - March 31, 2020 - This is a comparison of our neighbors tulip tree (on the left) to ours on the right. Our neighbors tree was already dropping petals! In April of 2020 I posted my study on how long it would take for the Tulip (or magnolia) tree out front to bloom. [...]
When I spotted these brown evergreens it made me wonder. Evergreens aren't meant to be brown. It's in their name. What happened that turned these young saplings from their hopeful green future to this lifeless clone army? Since ALL (not simply one) were decimated, my first guess was disease. It rains aplenty here. Lack of [...]
My first thought was this: I don't surrender well. This isn’t entirely true. (I'm hard on myself.) I've been struggling, but I struggle just about as much as any other person does. I'm still moving forward. I've accepted Jesus and I appreciate surrender---that is, that Jesus has all authority in heaven and on earth, and [...]
Friday morning I felt lost. Don’t worry, it wasn’t a dire kind of lost, more like a "what am I going to do today?" kind of lost. It's hard when you don't have a schedule. I'm not good at managing myself. I'm so glad that I have Jesus to help me. I'm a mess. I [...]
A while back I set a new goal to get out and walk everyday no matter the weather. That’s my physical goal. My spiritual goal is similar. I want to learn to be content in all circumstances. Really It's the same as my physical goal: being content in all kinds of weather. Nothing deflates us [...]
What do you think of my weeds!? They have grown much more since I took this photo. It's taken a week to tell you all all about my weekend, but we have almost made it! If messaging Ronda on Sunday wasn't enough to fill me with hope, having a game of Words with Friends as [...]
My mentor always said that he was a supremely blessed man. This doesn’t mean that he didn't have his heartaches. He had his frustrations, grievances and hardships too. He had it all, but he endured it all with the hope and joy that He found in Jesus. This is one of the things that I [...]
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