Casting Shadows

In the cool crisp early morning light, I saw the sun casting shadows upon the ground of the Bradford pear trees on our road.  I had noticed their beauty before but on this particular morning I stopped to observe each shadow as it fell. The shadow drew a glimpse of each tree as a dark form reflecting the source of light behind it.  Each shadow was slightly different.  While the shadow was not a full image of the tree, you …

Surviving Turbulant Times

Sometimes life feels so out of control that you don’t know when or how you will ever survive.  Often there are warnings about what is to be expected as in the diagnosis of a disease like Alzheimer.  You know what the end of the disease will be but you hope against hope that will not happen to the one you love. As a Christian, I know that God knows the plans He has for each life.  And when He brings …

Feasting On HIs Word

If you are a Mom, aunt, sibling, cousin or just a observant soul, you probably have watched a baby feed on his milk.  He eagerly feeds as if he had never eaten before today.  He smacks his lips and makes all kind of sounds including contentment once he starts to feed.  If he doesn’t receive nourishment, he begins to cry loudly from hunger in order to get your attention.  He wants it now and eagerly draws it in as quickly …

Batter’d to Shape and Use

  In my younger years, I made homemade yeast bread the old fashion way: starting from scratch (that means no frozen bread, no prepackaged mixture or bread machine was in use).  I began with basic ingredients such as flour, sugar, salt, shortening, yeast, etc. and mixed them together then set them aside to rise.  This rising process takes time as the yeast in the mixture begins to release gases to make the dough rise. Once the dough doubles in size, …

In the Belly of the Whale

Jonah 1:1-17  The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”  3 But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD. 4 Then the LORD sent …