“This life is not a state of …of being, but becoming;
We are not yet what we shall be,
but we grow toward it;
The process is not yet finished,
but it is still going on;
This life is not the end,
it is the way to a better.
All does not yet shine with glory;
nevertheless, all is being purified.” –Martin Luther
My, [...]

“In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice; in the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.” –psalm 5
“Why do we not pray?” the preacher asked.
It took me until the second week of hearing that rhetorical question, but as he read on, the truth of my own answer [...]

Adoring the Lord…
…because His wisdom is pure and His ways true.
…for His faithfulness.
…because He is always God Almighty.
Confessing…
…the weakness of my heart in yielding to His work in me.
…my lack of faith for my own giants.
…my apathy in spite of my great need.
Thanking the Father for…
…His lovingkindness towards us — and especially me!
…His intimate knowledge [...]

Bounding (carefully) up the porch steps in nothing less than a deluge, and standing in the middle of the kitchen floor while water puddled beneath me, all I could think was,
“I said drrrenched, and I meant drrrenched.”
Oh, I love that movie!
P.S. Speaking of movies, thanks to our lack of television, and the fact [...]

Waking up before my alarm to raindrops and cool breeze…
Propping my pillow and reading another chapter of Anne of Windy Poplars…
Dozing off again…
Sipping coffee, reading my favorite Book…
Cleaning in my pajamas…
Enjoying a sparkling kitchen sink…
Eating peaches and blueberries in cream for breakfast…
These are a few of my favorite things.

One year.
Hard to believe it’s almost been an entire year. The First Year was so thought through, so talked about, so focused on. And now it’s almost over. On June 26th, we’ll officially have moved into the rest of Forever. (…Forever, of course, being a slight exaggeration, and only meaning the rest of our finite [...]