Devotionals Political stuff Society

One of the Saddest Days in the History of this Nation

    January 20, 2009 will be, no doubt, a day marking the beginning of some of the most significant political decisions this country has ever experienced — and, in my opinion, one of the saddest days in the history of this once great nation.  I decided not even to comment on the planned events […]...
my story

A lot of water under the bridge…

Literally. Since my last blog entry to this, there has been a ‘record’ amount of water under the bridge… and the normally green farmland that surrounds our home now appears to be a lake.  One of the captions in the local paper read, “A series of homes and barns cling to strands of dry land […]...
my story

flood season has been long this year… here we go again…

Just watching the weather reports… working, watching, waiting, working, watching, waiting…  praising the LORD for His *goodness!* to us all.  How great is the love that God has *lavished* on us… Snohomish River Flood Watch  ...
Potpourri

drinkingdrivingdying

They all run together. The following *sobering* video… not for the fainthearted. Watch CBS Videos Online...
Devotionals Family

Through the Bible in a year

  I’m always amazed (but not surprised) that God works in marvelous ways.   Every now and then (and it happens infinitely more often than I’m aware of), God lets us in on His doings — or lets us see His Hand.  I suppose were we to stop and really consider it, we’d see His Hand […]...
Society

signs of the times

Wes and I were browsing articles in our local paper and one article, in particular, really made us shake our heads — a social commentary — sort of a sign of the times regarding what marriage is worth.    Although she is relieved to be out of the marriage, if she had known how little […]...
my fiftieth year my story

Good morning, new year…

[thank you for the personal letters inquiring as to my lack of blogging… i love you and will keep writing, still] I’m sitting in my husband’s office… it’s early and the sun is shining.  I love this time of year – the sun shines at an angle such that it comes streaming in the south/east […]...