Receive the Blessing- Part 2

The young father lifts his child up overhead and smiles as he looks into the face of his baby that brings him such great joy.  He speaks up at the child playfully and then brings her down into his arms and tucks her  into a tight hug. Do you need a picture to visualize how [...]

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Receive the Blessing

Okay, so as the pastor was ready to let us out of the church service,  he raised his hand and said, “Receive the blessing.”   Now I ask you, if he goes ahead and says the blessing over us, do we really have a choice but to receive it? The word “receive” has been rolling around [...]

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In Process

Process.  Isn’t that a great word?  It’s a noun that means something is going on, there are gradual changes that are leading to a particular result. Process.  Process isn’t an excuse word (as in- don’t expect anything, it’s in process), no, it makes it clear that a work is ongoing, and best of all, it [...]

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Counting on God

To live on a farm and work on a farming schedule is both a great joy and a great challenge.  It is a gritty occupation with little buffer between the worker and nature.  As my husband says, “nature always bats last”. A farmer is said to live by faith.  He or she places seed in [...]

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Color My World

What is it about some spots of paint on a styrofoam plate that make me almost giddy? As a “hands on” person, working on a project is like a dose of medicine for the heart, soul, mind and body. Time disappears and a sense of energy rises that feels like a massage for the things [...]

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Exercise of Praise

Exercise.  It’s a “duh” in life, and we all know we need it. Why is it so hard to get the tennis shoes on and walk or do that workout video?  I could make a list of excuses here, but suffice it to say that a new one could be given every day for at [...]

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Jumping In!

Do you remember playing jump rope when you were a kid? I can envision being on the east side of Roosevelt Elementary School with two friends on either end of a long, heavy jump rope. They held the rope with both hands and turned it in rhythm.  It would hit the ground with a steady [...]

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