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Category Archives: Nature
A Strange November
The bunnies are buying booties and the birds are sporting bonnets,
I just saw a fox run by with a thick fur coat upon it. Continue reading →
Posted in Humor, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged Arctic blast, children's poetry, cold, funny, God's care, providence, weather
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The Un-giving Trees
Some hearts hold on to everything and share nothing. The abundant heart is a generous heart. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged apple trees, apples, Doniphan County KS, generosity, Granny Smith, Kansas, northeastern Kansas, orchard, Red Delicious, sharing, Sparks KS
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A Soothing Comfort
Like a gentle dawning on a peaceful day, so is the comfort of those who love us in our times of grief. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged comfort, creek, dawning, Doniphan County KS, grief, loss, Randolph Road, sympathy
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A Shifting of Seasons
Sometimes the shifting of the seasons comes so subtly you can barely tell; this was not one of those times! Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged apple cider, apples, autumn, changing seasons, corn, crops, fall, harvest
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A Greater Dawning
There is great beauty in the dawning of a late summer morning, but an even greater beauty in store for those who will inherit the earth. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged beauty, resurrection, the meek, the meek shall inherit the earth
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Evening Grazing
It’s not the power of the fence but the choice of the horse that keeps him in the field… where he is safe and well-fed. Boundaries do not bind us; they protect us. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged boundaries, fencing, free will, horses, pasture
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Storm Cloud Sunrise
The same weather that produces bountiful crops makes for lots of mowing. Even a season of too much rain offers its own moments of beauty, though.
Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged attitude, blessing, crops, El Nino, harvest, strange summer, sunrise, wet weather
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Feeding After the Storm
Evening has a special peace–and beauty–after a storm has passed. Continue reading →
Posted in Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged clouds, grass, locust tree, moon, storm, sunset
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Driving through the Storm
There is a sort of odd pleasure, for me, in driving through a thunderstorm… a bit like facing life’s challenges. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged Doniphan County KS, driving in rain, driving in thunderstorm, heavy rain, storms, thunderstorm, US 36
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The Carpenter’s Craft
I believe that I see the touch of Christ in thousands of small things in our lives… and in our touching others. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged blessing others, blessings, Christ, Christ's ministry to us, grace, Holy Spirit, Jesus, refreshing, serving others, things that touch our lives
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