Category Archives: Christian daily devotion
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH
“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” Julie Andrews The world is full of a lot of unhappiness and many people aren’t even sure they will have enough money to make it to the next pay check – … Continue reading
HOME SWEET HOME
ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A house is just a dwelling place, a place to sleep and eat, A set of rooms to roam about, to gather and to greet, Each filled with lath and plaster, … Continue reading
WHAT IF …
Repost from 7/8/16 ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© What if humanity was more like the animal kingdom, Carefree and unconcerned about where to find their next meal, What if we lived in harmony without prejudice, violence, hatred, … Continue reading
SILENCE!
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they … Continue reading
TODAY YOU ARE TWENTY TWO
Where did the years go? It seems only yesterday that you and I were playing drums with the pots and pans and you were chasing the dog around the table. You – the first of my grandchildren – the brainy … Continue reading
GOD BLESS OUR NATIVE LAND
ORIGINAL ART PAINTED PLEIN AIR AT AN 1800’S RENDEZVOUS BY PAUL BOECHER© “It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as … Continue reading
INVASION
Yesterday we experienced some torrential rain – enough so to push several inhabitants out of their homes and into ours. “Consider the ant,” says Proverbs 6:6. In that little passage we read how the sluggard – or the lazy one – … Continue reading
NOT MY PLAN
Each day brings good intentions, but it isn’t long before all of our noble hopes take a hit as reality sets in. You stumble out of bed – stub your toe on the night stand – limp to the bathroom … Continue reading
QUIT YOUR BELLY ACHING
Woke up early yesterday morning with a bit of a tummy ache, which turned into a full fledged stomach flu of some sort. Believe me when I tell you, when you reach my age, a hangnail is cause for alarm. … Continue reading
LEFT FOR DEAD
Last fall, my husband bought a beautiful hydrangea plant for the front of our new “old” house. I was so ecstatic, because these are my favorite plants and it seemed the perfect spot for this bloom adorned bush. Winter came … Continue reading
THE WORLD IN DARKNESS LAY
His hand reached for the oil lamp in the darkness of night, but remembered that he had not filled it the night before. He was enveloped in the deepest darkness he had ever experienced. He strained to see even a … Continue reading
LET IT GO DAY
There seems to be a holiday for everything, if you go on the internet. In fact today is “Let It Go Day. I’m not sure when it originated, but the movie FROZEN certainly took off on it. We as human … Continue reading
WHERE DO YOU PRAY?
Is it in the quiet, stillness of the morning or when the evening comes? Is it in a closet full of shoes and boxes that words of solace, supplication, praise and thanksgiving spill from your lips? Do you pray when you … Continue reading
ALONE
ORIGINAL ART & INSPIRATION BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Gentle waves lap up against the base of this bastion, It seems to be going nowhere – stalled, Sun blazes down, Creating reflections of a past life, A life filled with good … Continue reading
TRANSITIONS
I’ve come to the conclusion that part of God’s wrath came down specifically on women in the form of hormonal imbalance. There are some changes as men age, but women get the brunt of it. In the teen years, our … Continue reading
WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER
I’m reminded of Charles Schultz and his character Lucy. Her definition of team work went something like this, “These five fingers, individually they’re nothing but when I curl them together like this into a single unit, they form a … Continue reading
PASSIVITY
“Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices – at any age – we are absorbed in someone else’s perspective.” Julia Cameron Hiding our heads in the sand when the world is out of control is not the answer. I’ve been trying … Continue reading
L’CHAIM
Today I’m blessed to have survived 75 years of life. As many of you know, I am at an age where many of my friends are already in heaven or are facing the near possibility. For some reason, God has … Continue reading
ARE WE LIVING IN HELL?
I am trying my best not to tune into the news. I feel ignorance can be bliss. At least I have a temporary respite from the ugliness of our world. We can’t really escape all the darkness surrounding us by the flip … Continue reading
FLIPPED
The last few days, I’ve been assisting one of my past students, as she spreads her wings and flies. In the past six years, we’ve been working together on a summer theater program for kids and now she is taking … Continue reading
