Salvation

I can sniff out a lighthouse like a pig finds truffles, and my most accommodating husband takes me to them! This piece was inspired by a fun, but foggy trip to Cape Disappointment State Park, WA. Despite the park’s name, North Head Lighthouse did not disappoint!

Matthew 13:30 ICB Let the weeds and the wheat grow together until the harvest time. At harvest time I will tell the workers this: First gather the weeds and tie them together to be burned. Then gather the wheat and bring it to my barn. In the book, that was Yesterday, A History of Sisters,…

Are you ready to wash the stains of sin away? 1 Peter 3:21 This water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It’s Monday and I’m doing laundry.  Why? Because…

Wizard Falls, Metolius River, Camp Sherman, OR Isaiah 43:2 GNT When you pass through deep waters, I will be with you; your troubles will not overwhelm you. A WWII veteran I once knew, told a story about training for an amphibious landing that would eventually be used during D-Day. Even though he was training, he…

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM Psalm 32:7 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Philippe Sands had a plaguing question, “Who rescued my mother from the hands of the Nazis when she was an infant?”  The British barrister and author was well versed…

Yaquina Head Lighthouse, OR 1 John 5:11-12 MSG God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son. So, whoever has the Son, has life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life. In the immortal words of the sage theologians, The Bangles…. Say my name Sun shines through the rain A whole life so lonely And…