Psalm 30:5 GNT Tears may flow in the night, but joy comes in the morning. Trials may seem dark and overwhelming, but God promises sunrise WILL follow the darkest hours. Place your hope and set your eyes firmly on the Lord. Joy WILL come!

My Garden, OR Galatians 5:22-23 NLT But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! My grandma was a stickler for finding every last ripe berry. As a kid, picking berries was pure never-ending misery….

James 1:23-24 GNT If you listen to the word, but do not put it into practice you are like people who look in a mirror and see themselves as they are. They take a good look at themselves and then go away and at once forget what they look like. Mona Lisa wasn’t smiling? For…

Heceta Beach, OR Psalm 46:1-3 NCV God is our protection and our strength. He always helps in times of trouble. So we will not be afraid even if the earth shakes,  or the mountains fall into the sea, even if the oceans roar and foam,  or the mountains shake at the raging sea. Last night…

Whychus Creek Overlook, Sisters, OR John 16:33 NIV I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. “Being sold down the river,” is a term coined during a dark time in American history, and literally…

Camp Polk Cemetery, Sisters, OR Matthew 16:24 GNT Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me.” It’s an exciting time for my oldest grandson as he prepares to enter preschool this fall. His dutiful parents are collecting all…