“And he said unto them,It is not for you to know the times or the seasons,which the Father hath put in his own power.” Acts 1:7 Please excuse my absence for the rest of 2024. As I’ve been giving a lot of thought to my life over the last few months, I have felt a sense of change sprouting in my heart, and a need to plant some new seeds and nurture the blossoms of other projects and ...
Continue ReadingSpending Time Pondering My Fruitfulness
"Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit;but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit,neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruitis hewn down, and cast into the fire.Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."Matthew 7:17-20 I have a lemon tree. It’s fruitless. When I bought it, I was ...
Continue ReadingSpending Purposeful Time with God and Each Other
"Two are better than one;because they have a good reward for their labour.For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow:but woe to him that is alone when he falleth;for he hath not another to help him up."Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 We all need each other at different times and for different reasons. God didn’t create us to walk and work alone, carry our burdens and sorrows alone, or live life ...
Continue ReadingSpending Time with God in the Loving Places He Makes His Abode
"Jesus answered and said unto him,If a man love me, he will keep my words:and my Father will love him,and we will come unto him,and make our abode with him."John 14:23 God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, our Almighty Creator, could live anywhere He wanted. He could make His abode in the most beautiful places with the finest of furnishings, and the most luscious of gardens. And, yet, He ...
Continue ReadingSpending Time with God in the Still, Quiet Moments
"Be still, and know that I am God:I will be exalted among the heathen,I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 46:10 In the still, quiet moments, under the shade of God’s majestic, green canopy, I see Him exalted in the beauty and peacefulness of His handiwork. When I take the time to stop, get alone and turn off the man-made noise, chaos, and clatter to listen to the voices of nature, I hear His ...
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