Green pastures...
March 31, 2015 - "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters. He...
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Reasons to smile
March 30, 2015 - Loverly! So many reasons to smile when you are looking for them!
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Another prayer
March 29, 2015 - Another prayer:
"My heart overflows with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen
of a read...
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Joy comes in the morning...
March 29, 2015 - Yet another reminder that winter does not last forever!
"Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in th...
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Meditate on these things.
March 27, 2015 - "When I remember you on my bed, I meditate on you in the night watches, for You have been my help, and in the shadow of...
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Embrace Spring
March 27, 2015 - A frosty morning in St. Louis! But "old man Winter" seems to be bowing to spring!
How are you doing today? Do you have...
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Violet smiles!
March 26, 2015 - The Pansies have come out to play! Hearty, colorful and happy! If those faces aren't smiling, I'm not sure what is!
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The Lion of Judah
March 26, 2015 - "...The Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome...!" Revelation 5:5
Jesus. Never changing...
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No "Egrets" about this moment
March 26, 2015 - This photo was shot on a rather cool fall day while I was taking a little "therapy stroll" at the Botanical Gardens. The...
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God, visit our city.
March 25, 2015 - I have a prayer that stays on my lips..."Lord, visit our city." With a deep history of racial tension, crime and struggl...
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Union Station
March 25, 2015 - Just a little shot of our "Lou" in living color! This is Union Station...once the world's largest and busiest train stat...
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Turn our hearts....
March 25, 2015 - Something God has blessed us with is the opportunity to come before Him with our hurts, desires, pain, needs, plans, and...
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Real life faith
March 24, 2015 - It takes quite a lot to make me cry. I am generally a very upbeat and positive kind of person! Even when my cup is half-...
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And then there are Azaleas....
March 23, 2015 - These early spring beauties are brilliant and breathtaking. Azaleas and Rhododendrons...just around the corner here in t...
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Baptism and Fire
March 21, 2015 - This is a photo of the Jordan river taken several years ago when I was in Israel. What a peaceful place. Believers from...
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Observe the lilies...
March 21, 2015 - "And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin. So...
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Spring has sprung!
March 21, 2015 - Spring has sprung! Life is revving up and will soon take on a blanket of color and activity. Isn't God amazing?
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Open the gate
March 20, 2015 - I have a curious nature - especially when it comes to history and stories. I have spent many an hour listening to my dad...
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Here comes the sun...
March 20, 2015 - Getting tastes of sunshine these days! As much as I love all seasons, including the snow and rain, those warm rays burst...
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Happy birthday, Papa!
March 19, 2015 - Papa. My dad has always been a picture of fun. He is a people "kind a guy" and will typically have a joke or a laugh to...
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Columbine
March 19, 2015 - It is an exciting time of year. Soon blossoms will invade the midwest and color will once again prevail in yards, garden...
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Uncle Lindell
March 19, 2015 - When I first had a web site several years ago - before experiments, technology problems, and lightening strikes - I had...
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Not just a story
March 19, 2015 - This outstanding stained glass window is inside the Presbyterian Church in Potosi Missouri. It depicts Jesus in the gard...
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Embrace new life
March 17, 2015 - "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your f...
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Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
March 17, 2015 - "Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, t une my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs...
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Heritage revelations...
March 17, 2015 - Bollinger County. Much of mine and my husband's heritage comes from this rule Missouri area. Remnants of early settlemen...
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Simple times now
March 17, 2015 - This photo was taken in Caledonia, Missouri at a quaint and delightful old country store. It is truly like walking back...
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A genuine trophy
March 17, 2015 - Only a handful of people in a lifetime fall into the category of trophy winners! This almost 90 year old country girl is...
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Humility + repentance + prayer = promises
March 16, 2015 - I enjoy our fair city. How sad that it seems to have so many racial and crime problems.
I believe these issues have dee...
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The beauty of the basics
March 16, 2015 - Yes, I take a lot of photos of flowers. I dunno...I stand amazed at the beautiful basics. May they never cease to make m...
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A new day...
March 16, 2015 - Nothing like a fresh blossom after the cold winter. Let each one remind you that His promises never fail. His mercies ar...
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Water and fire
March 15, 2015 - "...I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remov...
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Pressing on
March 14, 2015 - I had a delightful and inspiring therapy session yesterday morning. A dear friend of mine is an ice skater - and a skati...
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Jesus loves me...
March 12, 2015 - Jesus loves me, this I know.
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong.
They are weak, but He is strong....
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Reflections
March 11, 2015 - This cute little guy is my grandson. Oh, we are excited grandparents for sure, watching him grow and discover new things...
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A Chicken Story
March 11, 2015 - I think I might just tell this story. I have friends who insist. But it simply is a story that in spite of its tragedy h...
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A grace happy dance
March 10, 2015 - God's endless grace is greater than our worst sin! Or, as I like to say....we cannot out-sin His ability to forgive!
Th...
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Looking beyond the past
March 10, 2015 - I can never forget a revelation that hit me one autumn afternoon when I was rummaging through my grandma and grandpa's o...
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Singing in the rain....
March 10, 2015 - I was having a rather stressful day....complaining and overwhelmed with health and financial issues - and going through...
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No God? No way!
March 09, 2015 - It would seem to me that it takes more faith to believe there is no God!
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Garland instead of ashes...
March 09, 2015 - "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me...to comfort all who mourn...to grant those who mourn in Zion, giving them a garl...
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Make me a tuplip
March 09, 2015 - Ah...tulips. A sure sign of coming warmth and new life. Colorful. Bright. Joyful. These flowers live to extend upward -...
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Think on these things...
March 09, 2015 - On the glorious splendor of Your majesty and on Your wonderful works, I will meditate. Psalm 145:5
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Country Road Takes Me Home....
March 08, 2015 - Sensations of Spring
The wind sweeps up the valley floor
And brings with it the smell of spring
The scent of grasses,...
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Structures
March 08, 2015 - Architecture. I so enjoy creative craftsmanship and interesting structures. Perhaps that is why I live in a Victorian ho...
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Wonderful works...
March 01, 2015 - "Wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it very well." Psalm 139:14
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A story that lives...
March 01, 2015 - Don't you sometimes wonder about the stories and happenings that lie within the shadows of old buildings? If remaining r...
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