dog pouts surrounded by a mess he created by chewing up several things Haggai 1:7 TLB Think it over, says the Lord Almighty. Consider how you have acted and what has happened as a result!

Salt and Consequences

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…

coiled logging cable hidden behind manzanita bush 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.

Fear & Snakes

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…

man with his daughter sitting on a farmhouse porch holding a birthday cake with white frosting and yellow roses on top 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.

Gifts We 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…

Philippians 3:20 GNT We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven. An American flag is displayed from a home with red white and blue flowers on the porch, pine treen in the background, and mountains in the distance

United We Stand

Philippians 3:20 GNT We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven. If you can remember it, right after 9-11 happened, the country was unified in a way I had never seen! So, it breaks my heart that today it seems we are…

Galatians 5:13 NLT Serve one another in love. Not Forgotten Fountain is part of the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument in San Antonio, TX. Features a soldier filling his combat helmet with water so his dog partner can get a drink. The dog has his paw on the man's leg.

Fountain of the Not Forgotten

Military Working Dog Teams National Monument in San Antonio, TX Galatians 5:13 NLT Serve one another in love. Not Forgotten Fountain is part of the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument in San Antonio, TX. This fully functional fountain can provide visiting canines a cool drink on a hot Texas day while serving as a reminder…

cloudy Three Sisters Mountains 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 as the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, yielding seed for the sower and bread for eating, 11 so will my message be that goes out of my mouth— it won’t return to me empty. Instead, it will accomplish what I desire, and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

Languages We Speak

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…

statue of a soldier with helmet and m16 Ephesians 6:17 NLT Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

What to Wear

Military Working Dog Teams National Monument, San Antonio, TX Ephesians 6:17 NLT Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Would you head to work without your shoes?  My mom laughingly would recount the story about my first day of kindergarten. When I arrived…

lighthouse sits on barren ocean rock with waves in the foreground 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 built on rock.

Foundation Made of Rock

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…

Open Bible Psalm 119:11-12 NIV I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Praise be to you, Lord; teach me your decrees.

Level 1 Evacuation

Psalm 119:11-12 NIVI have hidden your word in my heart    that I might not sin against you.Praise be to you, Lord;    teach me your decrees. I live in wildfire country. History is riddled with horrific tales of fires. According to Earth.org, “The Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin started on October 8, 1871 and burned around 1.2…