Psalm 31:15
The course of my life is in your power;
rescue me from the power of my enemies
and from my persecutors.


Haggai 1:7 TLB “Think it over,” says the Lord Almighty. “Consider how you have acted and what has happened as a result!” In my former classroom as a teacher, we had a “Ssshhhh” chair. Not a time out, not punishment, but a place to sit for a few moments and ssshhhhh. This gave the little…
James 4:8 Come near to God, and He will come near to you. As we prepare for Christmas and New Year celebrations, we are often surround by a cacophony of chaotic noise and a frenzy of activity! Then when it is over and life tries to resume a regular pattern, we are left with a…
1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV Therefore encourage one another and build each other up. Many years ago, when my son was in middle school, he had a rock painting art project. While it probably wasn’t exactly what the art teacher envisioned, I love it! He wrote, “Build Up! Don’t tear down.” There is so much wisdom packed…
Deschutes Land Trust, Camp Sherman, OR 1 Corinthians 16:14 GNT Do all your work in love. I have often said, “I don’t have a lot of money, but you can have my time, my hair, and my blood!” Donating my hair to Locks of Love, donating blood, walking for MS or ALS, volunteering at the…
John 15:4 CSB Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. When it’s time to prune the peach tree, I don’t keep the branch. I keep the tree! Away from the…