There are a few things that immediately make me feel homey. One of those things is the smell of bread in the oven- Fresh, soft, delicious whole wheat bread. It’s one of those things that takes talent, and I well know, a lot of work to create, but the result is more than worth the…
Archive | April, 2009
My Redeemer’s Heart
I sat down at the kitchen table with a cup of tea, opened my Hebrew Bible to the Jerusalem postcard marking my place, and began to read: The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah… Three words in, I stopped. I was reading Isaiah 61. Which meant that despite all the debate about whether first century Jews…
Let Me Be Like You
Teach Me, Lord To do your will, No matter what may come. Show me Lord, Your chosen path, No matter how difficult. Shape me, Lord, Into your form, No matter how much pain. Give me Lord, Your joy No matter how much sorrow. Grant me Lord, Your blessing, No matter how small. Let me be…
A Chick Post
The Acheson and Ivester farms both got baby chicks on the same day this spring! Gretchen and Lanier decided to do a joint post to share all about our new baby chicks and spring on the farm… by Gretchen Acheson Chick Day. Our local feed store has three “Chick Days” each spring. Everyone from moderate-scale…
Ends of the Earth
It’s a long way from rural America to a hidden canyon at Petra in Jordan. It’s a trip I never seriously thought I’d take. But as I paused for a moment, drinking in the beauty and realizing just how far I was from home, a fragment from Psalm 139 flashed into my mind: In the…
The Things I’ll Never Forget
There were many beautiful things about our wedding. There were so many blessings, and a whole lot of happy moments that I’ll treasure forever. Most of all, though, it is the people that I will not forget. We were surrounded by family and a little dream of mine came true, for I was surrounded by…
A Quiet Refuge
The view as I saw it this morning… It seems I’ve always had a place set aside in my heart as my own “special place.” Always someplace I loved, one I could simply think of and be calmed. A spot I thought would always be there if I needed somewhere to go, if life became…
“You are loved…”
“‘You are loved with an everlasting love,’ that’s what the Bible says, ‘and underneath are the everlasting arms.’” If you, like me, grew up listening to “Gateway to Joy” every morning, you knew the next line was going to be, “This is your friend Elisabeth Elliot.” That dear, familiar voice would proceed to tell you…
Because He Lives
It’s Spring again- the time of new beginnings, of starting, of growing, of changing. The winter has been long and dark, and the sunshine feels glorious and warm. I can’t get enough of it. There are birds singing, and the yaks in the pasture on the other side of the barn that sits near our…
It is finished
It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the Temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit my spirit.” When He had said this, He breathed…
