My Word of the Week: Growth
growth – noun \ˈgrōth\ : a stage in the process of growing, “full growth” : the process of growing : progressive development : increase, expansion, “growth of the oil industry” On Saturday, Steve and I built our garden. I could have said...
Tenacity: How to Survive a Drought Beautifully
For weeks I haven’t had to worry about mowing my yard or trimming the bushes or pulling weeds from the flower beds. The drought here in the Midwest has all but taken care of the yard work for the season. Even the watering became almost futile a couple of weeks...
Growth
I’ve been feeling sorry for myself the past couple of days. Yesterday at church I saw my name in the bulletin for prayer, and though I love that people care about me and pray for me, it made me sad that it’s my name there. It was selfish and self serving....
My Heart Bleeds for Dandelions
On Holy Saturday, I mowed my lawn. While I was thinking of Jesus, dead in the tomb, I was making laps around my yard behind the mower, tripping over mole tunnels and sloshing through the wet patches left behind by the recent spring showers. But it was the dandelions...
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