Love Your Neighbor

Galations 5:14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

The Cross

Luke 9:23-24 Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.

In God We Trust

It saddens me that we have new money being made that is void of the words 'In God We Trust'. After all, it is God who created wealth. When I find a penny on the ground, I take a moment to ponder the One who provides. Always.

Deuteronomy 8:18 But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.

Kind Words

Proverbs 16:24 Kind words are like honey; sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.

There's nothing like the written word of affirmation or encouragement. :O) It can be kept and savored for days when the weather is a little blue, to bring the sunshine out in your soul. It's so simple, yet so profound.



Drop someone a little beam of sunshine today! :O)

Shepherd's Door

Today I was able to get off work a little bit early. I asked the Lord what He would like me to do with my day...and He said Shepherd's Door, which is a part of the Portland Rescue Mission that houses homeless women and children. I have a collection of clothes I've had boxed up and ready to go. Today was a good day to get them delivered!



Job 31:16-30
16 "If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
17 if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless-
18 but from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my birth I guided the widow-
19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a garment,
20 and his heart did not bless me for warming him with the fleece from my sheep,
21 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,
22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.

Willowtree Angels

Here's some more of my Willowtree angels.

The first is a box for wishes. I'm going to start placing little pieces of rolled up paper inside with wishes...to view at a later time...as proof that God answers prayers. :O)

The second (middle) is the angel of caring.

The third is the angel of friendship.

My Utmost For His Highest

This is the devotional above all devotionals (for me). I've been reading it for I think three years now. I know someone whose had hers since she was saved 25 years ago...and it is still so very relevant and pointed EVERY SINGLE DAY!!



Habakkuk 2:1-3
I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint. Then the LORD replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.

Oswald wrote years and years before our time, but the Word of God and words from the Lord are not bound by time and will be relevant always.

5 Rock Ranch

Today Charis and I went to 5 Rock Ranch in Yamhill, OR. What an amazing place!

Isaiah 1:17 learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.

5 Rock Ranch is a heavenly and peaceful place on earth for all those who are fatherless, and for single moms (essentially, widows). The website and anything anybody can say about it cannot fully grasp the amazing presence of God and family at this ranch. If you ever have the opportunity to go for a visit, I would encourage everyone to go; just to feel it. I will with absolute certainty be going back to learn more and spend a great deal more time there.

Here Fishy Fishy Fishy....

:O) So, my truck needs a bath...but my baby fishy is following the Mommy fishy. :O)



Proverbs 22:6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.