Laundry Day!

Laundry Day!

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…

a weather worn bare tree stump and one tiny pink flower cling to a cliff on the edge of Crater Lake's deep dark blue water the other side of the caldera is in view in the background Ephesians 3:17-18 NLV I pray that Christ may live in your hearts by faith. I pray that you will be filled with love. I pray that you will be able to understand how wide and how long and how high and how deep His love is.

Omnipotent Love

Crater Lake National Park, OR Ephesians 3:17-18 NLV I pray that Christ may live in your hearts by faith. I pray that you will be filled with love. I pray that you will be able to understand how wide and how long and how high and how deep His love is. Around 5500 BC, North…

elderly hands hold a baby's feet Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Sister Aimee and the KKK

Hebrews 13:8 NIV  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Eighty years ago on September 27, 1944, God called home a most remarkable woman, but on July 28, 1922, Sister Aimee looked the KKK straight into their eyes and told them that God could see behind their hoods. Aimee Semple McPherson, affectionately…

1 gray stone and 1 brown stone with natural holes worn all the way through them. the brown stone has a string through the hole 1 Samuel 2:2 says, There is no Rock like our God.

Holey Rocks or Holy Rock?

1 Samuel 2:2 NIV There is no one holy like the Lord;    there is no one besides you;     there is no Rock like our God. On a recent visit to the ocean, I found a rock with a perfect hole through it.  As I picked it up, I thought this wasn’t the first time finding one.  Sure enough, when I…

brick wall with building blue prints For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV

Purposeful Home

Jeremiah 29:11 NIV “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” My sister is full of good ideas and great advice. Recently she shared that she was no longer keeping special “things” for special…

vibrant sunset of pink and gray Lamentations 3: 57-58 NKJV You drew near on the day I called on You, And said, Do not fear! O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.

Redeemed Radically

Sunset, Sisters, OR Lamentations 3: 57-58 NKJV You drew near on the day I called on You, And said, “Do not fear!” O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life. There once was man. He grew up very comfortably with all the benefits that his modestly wealthy family…

juniper tree buried in deep snow Isaiah 1:18 CSB Come, let’s settle this, says the Lord. Though your sins are scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are crimson red, they will be like wool.

Microwave Lessons

Isaiah 1:18 CSB “Come, let’s settle this,”says the Lord.“Though your sins are scarlet,they will be as white as snow;though they are crimson red,they will be like wool. Today I discovered I don’t do a good job of cleaning the ceiling of my microwave.  I clean the easy to reach sides and bottom and of course the…

small girl picks a bouquet of dandelions in a huge yard of dandelions And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:2-5 NSV

The Dandelion Girl

Matthew 18:2-3 NSVAnd calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” I am a child. I’m too short to reach most things, especially the top shelf. I have to ask…

bright light shine through a rock opening in Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico Psalm 32:7 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance.

Safe Place to Hide

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…