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Autumn’s Fate   Leaves falling like the rain Wind softly blowing Crisp air that breaks the dawn And whispers love’s refrain   Deer feeding on the lawn Eagles soaring high Water’s clear reflection Tomorrow’s day undrawn   Changing, ever changing Hues of gold, take flight Prophetic winds proclaim Winter’s awakening   The season’s knowing fate…

All life is dependent on water. It is a basic part of our daily life. A person may only survive a few days without it. If we are thirsty, we get a glass of water from the sink or the refrigerator. If we are away from home we can go into a store and buy…

Here I am again on beautiful Captiva Island enjoying the sun, the beach and the shells. I did some research on the history of Captiva and the origin of its name. These are a few interesting facts: The first inhabitants were Calusa Indians who were war-like and fierce. They would attack any explorer who wandered…

This psalm reveals a picture of David as a young shepherd boy, tending his sheep, and looking up in wonder at the beautiful night sky.  He saw the same moon, stars, and space that we see today. He praised the same mighty Lord that we praise. O Lord, Our Lord How majestic is Your name. All the…

Everyone who knows me well, knows that I love collecting shells: large or small, plain or fancy, rare or ordinary.  Each time I travel to Florida, I get up at dawn’s first light and walk down the foliage-arched pathway to the beach and look for treasures. Every shell is unique.  God designed each one for a specific…

As we observe our nation in turmoil, we may think we are powerless and there is nothing we can do.  Evil has taken a front seat on this journey we are on, and we are in the back seat feeling helpless to control the road we are traveling.  This way of thinking is wrong.  We have within ourselves…

Who is Jesus?  The Bible tells us the many attributes of Jesus.  Someone has counted 365 different names in the Bible given to our Savior and Lord.  That would be one for every day of the year!  In the book of John alone He is known as the Word (1:1), the Only Begotten Son (1:18), the Lamb of God…

It seems like I wake up every morning to a new peril:  virus pandemic, earthquakes, hurricanes, widespread fires, looting, rioting, and shootings; but I get up, pick up my bible and a cup of coffee and sit on the back patio with God and His creation.  There I find peace.  Why?  Because God promises to be with me and…

Memories and traditions have a way of shaping our present and our future. The places we have gone and the things we have done shape our individual lives as well as our family identity. One of our family traditions is fishing. Bob took our sons Bryan and Greg fishing at a young age.  We traveled to Colorado every year…

A recent devotional from Our Daily Bread has given me the inspiration for today’s blog. When knife crime rose in the United Kingdom, the British Ironwork Centre came up with an idea.  Working with the police, they built 200 deposit boxes and placed them around the country.  100,000 knives were anonymously surrendered, some with bloodstains still on…