Salvation
On one of my go-to hikes near my home, there are three rocks, and on each rock is a tree. It reminds me of the three crosses at Golgotha.
Runs Like a Deere
Smith Rock Ranch, Terrebonne, OR Hosea 10:12 GNT Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, your Lord, and I will come and pour out blessings upon you. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, “The plow is the…
Rock Foundation
Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Newport, OR Matthew 7:24-25 GNT So then, anyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard against that house. But it did not fall, because it was…
Everlasting Love
Grandpa & Granddaughter Jeremiah 31:3 NIV I have loved you with an everlasting love. I love being a grandmother. There is something about seeing your children have children that magnifies love. One of the great pleasures I have discovered is seeing the faces of others within the faces of a new generation. My granddaughter has…
Don’t Hide, Just Seek
Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry, IA Jeremiah 29:13 NIV You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. For over 1000 years, people have been searching for the lost silver of Egil Skallagrímsson. A Viking, born in Iceland, Egil was a warrior, farmer, poet, and berserker. According to…
Snake in the Bush
Three Creeks Area, Sisters, OR 2 Corinthians 11:3 CSB But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. On one particular hike with my dogs, we had a run-in with a rattlesnake. One dog pounced into the bush, and…
Bullfighter in the Living Room
My dad’s painting purchased in Spain, painted with a knife Proverbs 15:1 NIV A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. “I HATE YOU!” I regretted screaming those words at my mother before the screen door ever closed behind me. I had no reason to be that angry with…
Gifts to Receive
Dan and Mary, McFarland Hereford Farm, 1972 Romans 3:24 GNT But by the free gift of God’s grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free. Thanks to my mom’s shopping, I had a gift to give my Daddy. Oh! I was so excited for him to receive it! I…
His & Her Ways
Three Sisters Mountains, Sisters, OR Isaiah 55:8-11 ISV For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 “For just…
Do You Remember?
I stepped out onto my back porch tonight, and the cool night breeze was so refreshing. The nighthawks were swooping and diving like the bats back in Iowa do at this time of early night. With a deep sigh, I realized I am homesick, not for a particular location, but a time. I am homesick…