Here is where Momentz With Mary began. Sometimes, I would get no rest until I wrote these Moments down. These are longer reads and often will have a corresponding YouTube video. Sit down a spell and enjoy!
Love Conquers All 1 John 4:8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. When the poet, Virgil, penned the phrase, Omnia Vincit Amor or Love Conquers All, around 37 BC, he was referring to love as in eros, romantic, passionate, sexual love. This later developed into representations such…
Horseshoe Bend, Glen Canyon, AZ 2 Chronicles 7:14 GNT If they pray to me and repent and turn away from the evil they have been doing, then I will hear them in heaven, forgive their sins, and make their land prosperous again. One of my favorite Denver, Colorado experiences is a restaurant called Casa Bonita. …
Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, SD 2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. What a priviledge it is to live in a country that asks you to vote, not tells you how and who to vote for! We celebrate July 4,…
Tumalo State Park, Tumalo, OR 2 Corinthians 4:4 They do not believe, because their minds have been kept in the dark by the evil god of this world. He keeps them from seeing the light shining on them, the light that comes from the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is the exact…
Super Moon Over Sisters, OR Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. For a small three letter word – ONE is a very significant word. You can’t start anything without it. First one. You can’t…
Colossians 2:7 GNT Keep your roots deep in him, build your lives on him, and become stronger in your faith, as you were taught. And be filled with thanksgiving. I love the imagery of a family tree. It’s my life on display, but what is unseen is equally, if not more, important than the seen…
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,…
1 John 4:4 CSB You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. John 1:14, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” Ponder that Jesus experienced everything we do while He was walking on…
Matthew 10:29 NIV Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. My brother, his wife, my sister, and I took our Dad on a genealogy road trip. Traveling with your adult siblings might not be on everyone’s bucket list, but we…
Hawkeye Buffalo Ranch, Fredericksburg, IA Philippians 2:3-4, “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Sing a Song of SixpenceA Pocket Full of RyeFour and Twenty BlackbirdsBaked in a…
