A garden transforming from dormancy through renewal, growth, flowering, and fruitfulness is nothing short of a miracle. The unique shapes, colors, and time tables for each specific plant’s growth and blossoming add to this amazing progression…And garden pots remind me of Christ’s first recorded miracle. Meeting the urgent need of an emerging wedding feast’s beverageContinue reading “Miracles”
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Marred and Scarred but Beautiful!
Walking through the Schoodic Bog, one is reminded that our beautiful world is marred by nature’s disruptive and destructive whims. Similarly, the wonders and joys of our journeys are pockmarked with imperfections, disasters, and failures. Personal brokenness is universal. Much of what arises from our human nature and earthly plight is not pleasant. We dealContinue reading “Marred and Scarred but Beautiful!”
Distracted?
Like this gull who seems distracted from his beach foraging, most of us can relate to losing focus. We are often side tracked by extraneous thoughts, interruptions, or tasks which divert us from accomplishing our initial plans. We have hearts hungry for meaning and purpose, but busy and demanding lives, the incessant bing of cellContinue reading “Distracted?”
Never Failing!
Acadia Mountains, viewed from Hancock Pont Spring is finally here! Nature’s consistency is wonderful! Every year we wobble our way around the sun. Seasons successively morph into each other but not by precise calendar dates. Dawn comes, and night falls but at different hours. Years come and go, but leap years happen, and the numberContinue reading “Never Failing!”
Sticking with It…
There is something inspiring about sea vegetation and trees which grow and flourish in severe, hostile terrain. Tree roots intertwine and go deep between barnacled rocks where sea weed tenaciously anchor. So, when gales blow, these plants stand strong and the algae hold fast; they don’t tumble down or wash away in stormy seas. SomeContinue reading “Sticking with It…”
The Ducklings Speak…
These ducklings speak a visual parable of divine providence. They highlight a truth which King David vividly and beautifully captured in the lyrics of the 139th Psalm. God’s children are constantly “hemmed in behind and before” by God’s omniscience, presence, care, and protection. Hear David sing the song: “Lord, you have searched me and knownContinue reading “The Ducklings Speak…”
Water, Water Everywhere but Still Thirsty!
For reasons now lost to me, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel T. Coleridge was required reading when I was in school. It is a hauntingly weird poem about an old mariner and his crew who are becalmed, parched, and dying while surrounded by sea water. They bemoan: “Water, water everywhere but notContinue reading “Water, Water Everywhere but Still Thirsty!”
The View From Above…
Recently while flying at 30 thousand feet and viewing the vast, changing landscape below, the question crossed my mind as to whether I was closer to God at that altitude. After all, a number of Bible accounts tell about God’s mountain top revelations. However, the descriptives of being “closer to” or “further from” God speakContinue reading “The View From Above…”
Chasing the Wind
Powerful winds can quickly whip the sea into a beautiful but terrifying, pounding fury, but regardless of how much we feel, utilize, or struggle against these blowing gales, we cannot grasp the wind. It slips through our fingers. Following a long life of adventure, ideas, pleasures, and “things,” powerful King Solomon used the imagery ofContinue reading “Chasing the Wind”
Thankful and Content?
Watching this humming bird at its feeder while I porch-sat with an early morning cup of coffee was both entertaining and enlightening. Undoubtedly this tiny but magnificent creature was acting instinctively as it drove away other hungry “hummers.” It showed no signs of grace or generosity while ferociously guarding a feeder filled with enough foodContinue reading “Thankful and Content?”
Sweet Words from Maine 