I have learned a valuable lesson It was not direct It came in from the back door My guard was down I was enjoying the moment And It hit me God doesn't need me He created the Heavens and the Earth without me He hung the moon, the stars, and the sun without me He …
Is Silence Golden?
This is a devotional targeted to anyone who has lost their way to the throne of Jesus. It will shake one back to reality of what is important! A strange reality was shown to me last night. I don't like silence. For some unexplained reason we had a power outage. It lasted around two hours, …
Vexed Between
Is it possible? How can it be? More of Him and less of me. He stands before me With His hands stretched forth. I see His eyes of compassion And His heart full of love. Yet, the world is behind Pulling me... With my plans, My dreams, My sand castles, I've built with my own …
His Mosaic
When all my dreams have crumbled, when that fairy tale of a life is shattered like broken glass at my feet, I feel so alone, lost, and forsaken. There's no light at the end of the tunnel. It is at that moment I begin to hear that still small voice. It calls out to me …
My Way (Excerpt) (Part 2)
She made it to the big red barn on the edge of the farm. The door was flapping in the boisterous wind. She counted, “one, two, three” and ran inside the door while it was open. Finally, she was safe inside the big red barn. She tried with all her might to close the door, …
One Day At A Time….
This statement is easier said, than lived out, especially at this moment in our history. As we are all “Safer At Home”, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, I know many are ready to get back to normal. We are so used to doing what we please, when we want to, and how we want to at …
Dad’s Day Off
Adventure was always a treasured commodity on dad’s day off. We would all sleep in well as much as possible with four little boys. I would make a delicious breakfast that included eggs, bacon, hash browns, and toast and of course gravy too. Once that was consumed, which happened in lightening speed, cleaned up the …
Emerge From The Fog
Pen and paper stand in readiness poised to produce Desiring to be used to fulfill their purpose of existence And yet they wait The user of the tools sits in a fog mindless at best waiting for the words to flow But they are stuck in concrete as it were motionless - cold nearly dead …
Cycle of Life
Why does the sun rise? Why do chicken’s crow? How come morning comes so early? Why is morning’s first coffee the most satisfying? Why does time go so fast? Why do days turn to months, and months turn to years? How does gray hair appear when wisdom finally arrives? Why does life end once …
Tree Fashions
tall and majestic ever reaching to the sky you are a home more like a statement fashioned for every season who will adorn you? summer - a shade of protection who will you protect? stranger alone and afraid autumn – brilliant colors and swirling leaves who is hiding? caught in a tragedy …
LaDonna Fridenmaker~Writer 