By this time tomorrow, I will have a purely ornamental water spigot. It will exit from one of the posts that grace my deck, and its primary function will be to serve as a hook for a plant.Up until last fall, this spigot served an important role in the lives of the...
"Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life." (Ezekiel 37:4b-5, NIV2)In Medieval times, orchards were often planted in the castle's cemetery.This may seem strange...
Galatians 5:22-23a - The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. (NIV)Our grape arbour is filled with grapes this year. What a joy it is to go pick this fruit directly from the vine. These are...
I've never seen such a lonely sight; As an apple tree with no fruit to bite. Empty fruit trees all around, no fruit do they bear; Empty world that's lost it's hope, for no one seems to care. The spoils of the rich and lazy, gotten by being plundered; From the backs...
A few months ago, I had the responsibility of delivering some donations to the local City Mission, a place where the homeless and often, the broken or bruised can find refuge from a life that has been turned upside down for them.It was late autumn, and already the...
John 15:4-5 - Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart...
John 15:5 - I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. (NKJV)We have an hibiscus tree that I was given as a gift seven years ago. When I brought it home, it fit in the back seat of my...