Pondering today….. Deuteronomy 8:2 “Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.” Psalm 26:2 Examine me,...
Enjoyed an early Thanksgiving meal with parents and daughter’s family. Today we have just chilled and eaten leftovers.Grandkids, ages almost 7 and 5, made Rice Kispie treat “houses”, decorated with candies, like gingerbread houses. The 7 year old and...
Nov 36,2014…, “In the category “I Never Knew That”: Bill was watching a TV interview with a Catholic sister the other morning. (order and location unknown). I wasn’t paying attention to the TV at the time. Afterward he asked if I knew the...
“Divine inspiration? So….I went to Winn Dixie looking for canned sweet potato to use in a casserole. (I know, lazy.) Could only find the yams in syrup. Frowning to myself, I headed to the produce section to buy fresh sweet potatoes, dreading having to peel...
Watching someone struggle with manic symptoms and/or anxiety and attempting to help her feel safe and grounded can be a challenge. …..while waiting the few days it can take for meds to begin their work. Simply listening can be helpful. Attentive supportive...
Nov 26, 2016 “Our children had other plans for Thanksgiving. Billy’s family came today for a pre-game Iron Bowl Day lunch. Bill cooked steaks. Joni and I made veggies, twice baked potatoes, and fruit salad. Catie, Haley, and Liam were all home to enjoy the...
A sweet shell nativity crafted by our oldest granddaughter, Catie Byrd, a few years ago…about 2012, I think. She did a workshop for a group of us and we used it as a model and made about 30 of them. We sold a few of them. The rest were lost, it seems when the...
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. 9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is...
“Gratefulness is more than a feeling that comes over us when good things happen. It’s an active search to notice and be present to the goodness already around us — gaining eyes to see and ears to hear the abundance God has woven into the world.” (...
Each morning I stir awake, check the time projected in red digital numerals on my ceiling from the bedside clock, remind myself of what day it is, then reach for my phone to open the seedbed.com daily Wake Up Call devotional. Before Bill died our morning routine was...