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Can you juuuuuust about smell and taste the strawberries and peaches and all the other delicious signs of summer?  These past few warm days have been such an encouragement as we dry out from a very soggy winter/spring! Have you ever felt like you were in a soggy season?A bitter cold season?A season when leaves are fallingContinue reading “Taste It!”

The Major League Baseball (MLB) season schedule consists of 162 games for each of the 30 teams in the American League (AL) and National League (NL), played over approximately six months – a total of 2,430 games, plus the postseason.  (Thank you Wikipedia!) That is a LOT of baseball!  That is a LOT of time and moneyContinue reading “Play Ball!”

Do you have tiny bits of foil wrapper all over your house today?Have the jelly beans been sorted through for the best flavors?Are the plastic eggs mismatched and cracked? What just happened?  A whirlwind of weekend activities celebrating our priceless gift of Jesus’ Resurrection leaves behind a trail that tells a story!  Is your walkContinue reading “Chocolate Wrappers”

This weekly devotional began as “Trey Tuesday” in 2010 in order to honor and support my nephew and his family during Trey’s fight with cancer.  You can read about God’s provision in Trey’s journey here: https://camuscara-tomyaudienceofone.blogspot.com/ After Trey won his battle and was reunited with Jesus, I renamed the devotional, “Today!”  May we all be remindedContinue reading “Today!”

Our sweeeeet grandson had his 5th birthday last week.  To celebrate this avid angler, we took him to Cabela’s to enjoy the aquarium, the trout pond and to gaze at and touch every single solitary fishing lure!  Halfway through the store he looked at me and said, “You did all this…for me?”  This Granny heart meltedContinue reading “For Me?”

My water bottle had a tiny crack in it….water seeped out daily drop by drop. Whatever was in my bottle dripped out.  Until one day…..my water bottle landed in the dirt.  Now….what was OUTSIDE my water bottle leaked INSIDE!  ps. Sludge is not my favorite beverage. Yes, I can get a new water bottle.  IContinue reading “All Cracked Up!”

Stumped by a decision the other day, I called a friend, “I couldn’t figure it out, so all I had left to do was pray!”  Left to do!?  Why didn’t I pray first?!? And most!?!?  Beyond thinking or planning or discussing!?  I had it backwards! Are you stumped about _______ or sooooooooo frustrated about ___________?Continue reading “Backwards!”

Lately when I’m worried about something, I can hear the shouts from the audience on the Price is Right as contestants guess the price of the refrigerator or new car!  “Higher! Higher!” When I fret about worldly things my mind is stuck in the mud.I need to think, “Higher!”I need to lift my head and heart HigherContinue reading “Higher! Higher!”

Long ago, before Taylor Swift was even born, popular female performing artist, Barbra Streisand, topped the charts singing a song about the need to be connected to other people: People…People who need peopleAre the luckiest people in the world… Warm and fuzzy, right?  And yet, when you have a bad day driving or at the store orContinue reading “People!”

Hmmm….what to share today?Snow devo?  Or one about:Valentine’s Day?Sports?Taylor Swift?Grocery Prices? What if Today’s message had nothing in it?No guidelines of how to reach out to God….no prompt to hear Him better….nothing to spur on your thoughts and plans to seek Him first and most? What would you do with the silence?How would you manage theContinue reading “Nothing…”