Friday Favorites – Where I Live

April in Iowa is a mixture between the brown that is left over after the snow is gone, and the brilliance and variety of green as it begins to burst on the scene.

(Postponed one week due to router problems)

The photos in this post seem pretty dismal, walking away from the front of my house, but when you turn back, you can see that that burst of green is about to happen.

I’ve never lived anywhere but Iowa, so I do not know if this bursting of green goes on everywhere, or if it comes on slower in other places.

What I do know for sure, is that in two weeks – all of this will be greened up in an almost blinding fashion.

I like it both ways.

I like watching it change.

And have been doing so from this location for over thirty years. 

I never grow tired of it.

Sunshine or clouds. Rain or snow. It’s still;

Home Sweet Home.

Beautiful in any color.

The next post will be a surprise to me too.

So until then …

The Value of Quietude #10 – Peace for the Hard Times

Welcome the final session.

As you may or may not know, these little videos were made last year in January.

How could we have known what was ahead of us?

Us, being literally the entire planet!

The coronavirus, social distancing, and sheltering in place, deciding the difference between “Essentials” and the “non-essentials”.

All of this has the ability to bring us to our knees.

It is then left up to us if we are on our knees in despair, or if we are on our knees with a knowing that God Himself is not surprised by any of this, and that He has a further plan for us.

He is in control. We can count on Him.

I have found the second choice to be most liberating.

Although I do not relish the way things are at this time, I am calm, and confident, that we will come out even stronger on the other side.

Please enjoy this last post for this series. Let me know what you think,

And I’ll see you next time.