Tag: The Message
-
God’s Garden – and Mine
I think God laughed a little at my lazy approach to gardening on the deck this summer, but decided to bless it anyway. The lettuce did very well in its bed of Miracle-Gro® Potting Mix. We’ve had several salads, and the lettuce keeps coming back when I cut it. It’s not quite as sweet and…
Marian
95-year-olds, abundance, butterflies, Charlie Chipmunk, cherry tomatoes, chipmunk, delight our senses, garden, Genesis, God’s Garden, goldfinch, Happy Summertime, hotdogs, Jones Dairy Farm, listening for God, milkweed, Miracle Grow, Miracle-Gro, potting mix, radishes, Sweet 100, tastes of summer, The Message, thistle seeds, thistles, whispering winds, wild canaries -
God and I Planted a Garden. And it was Good.
God spoke: “Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree.” And there it was. Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning – Day Three. [Genesis 1:11-13 The Message] One of the…
Marian
being present at creation, container gardening, creation, creation story, cut flowers, cutting flowers, digging new potatoes, experiment, garden quotes, gardening, gardening experiments, Genesis 1, Genesis 2, lettuce, Miracle Grow, Miracle Grow Potting Mix, planting a garden, pumpkins, radishes, The Message, tomato, vegetable garden, zinnias -
Solving Problems
As a child, I went to Sunday School faithfully at 9:45 every Sunday morning from the time I was 3 years old. I don’t remember much from the first few years. The earliest memory I have of Sunday School was sitting around a small table with all the other kids while the teacher told us…
Marian
“Christ in Our Home”, 2 Kings, be God’s hands, devotional booklet, Elisha, God’s hands, help the people who need help, lectionary reading, miracle of oil, miracle of olive oil, olive oil, pay your debts, poor widow, power to negotiate, problem solving, solving problems, Sunday School, Sunday School Paper, The Message, trust God -
A Litter Reunion
“What’s on your mind, Floey? You’ve been staring off into space for a long time,” I asked. “Oh, hi, Mom. I didn’t notice you come into the room. I’ve been thinking about tonight.” “Oh, yeah. Tonight’s your big night. You’re going to see all your litter mates again for the first time since your adoptions.…
-
The Gift of a Lifetime
Floey was sitting in the living room, in front of her house (crate), looking up at the painting on the wall. “Mom, can you believe it? Kitty painted a portrait of me! She’s such a wonderful neighbor. I just love to go see her. She often gives me MilkBones, but I can’t believe she loves…
-
And God Said …
And God said, “Marian, wake up.” And I said, “But God, it’s only 3:00 a.m.” And God replied, “Of course I know what time you think it is. But you have a lot of work to do before the funeral at 11:00 this morning.” “O God, go away. More sleep is what I need most…
-
How Mean Is That Doggie in the Mirror?
Floey, who will turn one on January 24, barks ferociously every time she sees her reflection – whether it’s in a mirror, in a window at night, in the shiny black refrigerator door, or in the oven window. She sees that same dog everywhere! She knows there’s a dog on the other side of that “window” and she…
Marian
doggie, Floey, friends, get along, get along with each other, getting along, God’s love, hospitality, How kind is that person in the mirror, How mean is that doggie in the mirror, How much is that doggie in the window, kindness, life challenges, listening for God, love your neighbor, mirror, reflection in window, reflection mirror, reflection of myself, reflections, Romans 15:5-6, spirituality, talking with God, The Message -
My Mom and Me and Bibles
My mom got me hooked on exploring new translations and paraphrases of the Bible when I was a kid. Although I grew up in the ’50s and ’60s knowing that the King James Version was the real Bible – the one we used in Sunday School and church and the one to memorize Bible verses…
Marian
Amplified New Testament, Bible, Bible translations, Bible versions, Bibles, Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Crusades, Dagmar Vasby, daily devotions, J. B. Phillips, King James, King James Version, KJV, library of Bibles, life changes, listening for God, Living Bible, MSG, New English Version, New International Version, New King James version, New Living Translation, New Revised Standard Version, NIV, NKJV, NLT, NRSV, paraphrase, reflections, Schofield Reference Bible, Scofield Reference Bible, spirituality, talking with God, The Living Bible, The Message, The New King James Version, The New Testament in Modern English, translations of the Bible, Whispering Winds Retreat Haven -
Blessed are the Arrogant
God in the form of the Holy Spirit came to chat with me while I was in the shower this morning. The hot steaming water was pretty noisy splashing on me and on the shower door, so I’m not sure I heard absolutely everything the Holy Spirit said completely right, but here’s the gist of…
Marian
accomplishments, Beatitudes, Bible translations, blessed, Blessed are the Arrogant, friends, God blesses, God’s love, God-given gifts, gun control, Holy Spirit, immigration, kindness, life challenges, life changes, listening for God, love your neighbor, nation’s borders, New Living Translation, outdated, peace makers, reflections, spirituality, talking with God, The Message, welfare hand-out -
Red and White Images and a Little Black Book
Yesterday morning, I decided to take out my mom’s little black book – the one where she wrote the Bible verses she memorized, week by week, when she was in high school. I looked up the verse for May 28, 1922. I wondered if she might have chosen a verse to memorize that would relate…
Marian
1922, Bible verse, Chesterton, Decoration Day, Eugene H. Peterson, Eugene Peterson, Gilbert K. Chesterton, God’s love, Introduction to Isaiah, Isaiah, listening for God, little black book, Memorial Day, memorize, mom, red, red and white, red and white images, red wheelbarrow, reflections, scarlet, scarlet sins, sins be as scarlet, spirituality, stars and stripes, talking with God, The Message, watercolors and melodies, white, white as snow, white chickens, William Carlos Williams
Whispering Winds Blog 