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Old Turtle
A Perfect Summer Salad for a Party
If you need a fantastic summer salad, remember this orzo salad as a way to use your garden basil and tomato. The secret is to use the best olive oil you can find! Here’s the recipe: https://www.inspiredtaste.net/36893/orzo-pasta-recipe/
The Recreating Forces
This morning I read in Oswald Chambers a fantastic quote to remember always. He writes, “The moment you are willing for God to change your nature, His recreating forces will begin to work.” Whatever you are experiencing now, consider it part of the “recreating forces” to make you into the person God intends. I like […]
Too Soon for Fruitfulness
I learned another important lesson from my garden about what happens when someone bears fruit too soon. I planted my pumpkin seeds way too early. I’m learning the heat of early and mid-summer makes the pumpkins shrivel on the vine. I do have other pumpkin seeds I planted much later (for a fall harvest), so […]
The Neighbor Who
I just received a message from my neighbor who asked if I would like to stop by to taste her homemade blueberry cheesecake ice cream. She prepared four little cups with spoons for my family to enjoy her ice cream later. She uses fresh blueberries and the most delicious crumbles of crust to make it […]
He sees and He knows.
I’m reading the Bible in the English Standard Version after nearly three decades of using the New International Version. I recommend reading the Bible in a different translation at some point in your life. You’ll read the same stories with fresh eyes. You’ll find new insights because of a change in wording, even if the […]
Wisdom in the End
Every year, I reread the book of Job, especially the parts where Job and God speak. I love Job because of the reality of suffering. Good people suffer, and we don’t always know why. I underlined this passage in Job 42 and sent it to my family. These words contain more wisdom that we can […]
Your Life as a Hymn and a Gift
This morning before church, I started the book You Are Not Your Own by Alan Noble. I loved the dedication to a man described like this: “a man who lived his life imperfectly but earnestly–not as his own, but as a gift to his family and friends.” I love thinking of our lives as a […]