Tag Archives: encouragement
GENERATION GAP
“Here’s the truth. Your teens and twenties are your Plan A. At 50, you’re assessing whether Plan B or Plan C or any of the other plans you hatched actually worked. Your sixties and seventies, they’re an improvisation. Dick Van … Continue reading
CHARACTERS OF THE PASSION – ROMAN CENTURION
He was a man around the same age as the one hanging on the center cross. This soldier was a leader of men. He’d come by his position through the ranks, after several years serving in the military. The requirements to become an … Continue reading
FAMILY VACATIONS
Most everyone remembers the family vacation movies that appeared several years ago. We had our own version of those memorable road trips ourselves and I’m sure many of you have as well. In the movies, the most outlandish things happened, … Continue reading
OPEN MY EARS
CHARACTERS OF THE PASSION – MALCHUS There are many minor characters in the Passion story, but each of them carries a remarkable lesson in their experience with Jesus. One of them was a servant of the high priest Caiaphas, named … Continue reading
MOTION
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Life is constant motion, A dance to the beat of a certain drum, Hearts racing through life, Never time to relax, To contemplate, To enjoy the motion itself, Nature is filled with … Continue reading
FEARFULLY, WONDERFULLY MADE
This morning was spent in the retina clinic, having tests done and pictures taken of Paul’s eye. I am amazed at the technology available today, which can look inside your eye and get a perfect image of what’s going on … Continue reading
REFRESHMENT
ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Slowly crossing the sands of time – into a pasture green sublime, I’ll rest my feet and wet my lips, with waters clear and cold that grips, Through danger I will walk … Continue reading
KIDS ON THE BIBLE
I love the way children’s minds work. I find myself having some of these same thoughts when I was a kid – how the words I heard didn’t always mean what I thought they did. Some very interesting interpretations have taken … Continue reading
ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE OF US…
When you reach your seventies, it’s not uncommon to spend time in an ER. A little over a year ago, my husband suffered a small stroke and tried to get help by dialing 911. His speech was impaired and 911 hung up on him three … Continue reading
RESTORED
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A tiny seed is planted, it burrows in the earth, It waits through winter weather, in spring it gives new birth, Dormant in frozen earth for so long, You wouldn’t think that … Continue reading
I GIVE UP?
Today thousands will be relinquishing their hold on something. Some will give up a favorite food, social media or do something to help others. Giving things up is good, but it isn’t going to get you one step closer to … Continue reading
ABSOLUTION
ART & POETRY FROM PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© The world is filled with darkness, the sky is filled with clouds, The hold of sin entwines you, the weeds encase like shrouds, But in that deepest sadness, one light remains unmoved, His arms reach out to … Continue reading
NEW DAY
When I went to bed last night, I didn’t think about the possibility of not waking up, but when you get to be my age, the odds of that happening become more likely. When we’re children we pray, “Now I … Continue reading
SON RISE
Mary’s Journey & Eternity by Kathy Boecher© ETERNITY He died that I could live. He suffered pain and loss. He gave all He could give, upon that rugged cross. But on that awesome day, so many years ago, He for … Continue reading
IT IS FINISHED
MARY’S JOURNEY By Kathy Boecher© The memories of yesterday were more than any one human being could bear. Her firstborn Son, subjected to the execution of Roman justice – to the humiliation of this horrible torture – to rejection by … Continue reading
STALLED
ORIGINAL ART & INSPIRATION BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Gentle waves lap up against the base of this bastion, It seems to be going nowhere – stuck, Sun blazes down upon it, Rain beats against it, Cold and snow integrate into … Continue reading
PRESIDENTS DAY
I’m old enough to remember when we celebrated President Lincoln’s birthday on February 12 and Washington’s on February 22. As time went by, all presidents were celebrated on the third Monday of February. As with most American holidays, it transformed … Continue reading
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS
ART & INSPIRATION BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© What are your thoughts when you see a trail of trains cars, unmoved, contained? Is someone living in there? Is there any hope in a place like that? When we lived in … Continue reading
MORNING
Originally posted one year ago today. ART & INSPIRATION FROM PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Job 38:12-13 “Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, that it might take hold of the ends of the … Continue reading
WORTH THE WAIT
ART & INSPIRATION FROM KATHY BOECHER© This painting is now living in the home of a good friend Waiting patiently to see what nature has in store for us in our new “old” house. Since we moved in October, we only … Continue reading
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