Today I am posting my top ten thankful list. 2020 has been a difficult year full of challenges that aren’t over yet. Plans changed and our traveling has been very curtailed. But there are still so many things for which I am thankful and I thought I would share my top ten. Top Ten Thankful …
From Worship Experiences
Dancing in Praise of God, Moving to the Spirit’s Beat
At one of the outdoor worship services at Lewis Center, the “Band on Hand” played a very lively praise song. I don’t remember which one it was, but I was tapping my toes and bouncing in my seat in the car. Most of the adults were content to sit in their seats. One little girl, …
God Covers the Trees in Glory
I have been loving this fall and the way God covers the trees in glory. Every morning when I take my walk, I remind myself to appreciate the beauty all around me. If I am looking down at the path too much, I deliberately look up to admire the colored leaves and the trees around …
Bulbs, an Expression of Hope Facing the Winter
This last week Tom and I planted over 200 daffodil bulbs. We planted some at our house, most at John and Jackie’s, and some at Mom and Dad’s. Tom dug the holes then I came behind him and planted and fertilized the bulbs. I love daffodils and planting the bulbs was an expression of hope …
Drive In Worship Services Over – For Now
Ever since Tom and I got back to Ohio at the beginning of July, we have been attending drive-in worship services at Lewis Center United Methodist Church. Every Sunday at 9:45 you can find us in our car in the Lewis Center parking lot. Because of the large lawn and spacious parking lot, the worship …
Moving Mountains Faith: As Big as a Mustard Seed
Tom and I have been moving mountains – mountains of soil and mulch. We got the retaining walls built at John and Jackie’s house but then needed to even out the areas with more soil. We ordered 8 cubic yards of soil and 10 cubic yards of mulch, which were dumped in their driveway as …
Praying Lifts Us Up to God
Thank you so much for all of you who have been praying for my mom. She had a mastectomy and had her lymph nodes tested. The doctor feels that they got all the cancer and she won’t have to have any further treatment. They will continue to monitor her carefully. We are all rejoicing about …
Fall in the Air and on the Trees
Fall is in the air. The temperature is usually in the 40’s when I walk in the mornings and yesterday, for the first time since February, the daily high was below 60. Tom and I have been living in perpetual summer. Coastal Georgia had an exceptionally mild winter with daily temperatures above 60 from February …
Sometimes Jesus Calms the Storm
The news has been pretty wild lately. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg died and Trump and the Republicans pledge to fill that seat right away. There is uncertainty about the upcoming election – will my vote count? Will Trump step down if not re-elected? Covid-19 continues to infect 40,000 new people a day in …
I Do Not Know But God Knows
2 Corinthians 12:1-10 has pretty much been my theme passage lately. Especially the repeated interjection, “I do not know but God knows” in verses 2 and 3. Over and over in the last few months I have repeated this refrain in wonder. I am amazed and awed that God cares for me so much that …