Today is the first day of a new season here at CCB. There are new goals and new ideas to be examined. There are new dreams to be dreamed. New projects to be explored. How exciting! To be back in the garden after missing Autumn and Winter and Spring - that's exciting. To have some time alone… Continue reading the first day
Category: odds n’ ends
rest…don’t put it off
from God: "Take refuge in My Everlasting Arms, so untiring, so safe, so sure." Don’t Put It Off Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received! We were… Continue reading rest…don’t put it off
a turning point
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. Isaiah 53:7 Friday Good and Black Christian tradition says Christ spent Friday on a Roman cross, juxtaposed between… Continue reading a turning point
simple wisteria
Your flip and callous arrogance in these things bothers me. You pass it off as a small thing, but it’s anything but that. Yeast, too, is a “small thing,” but it works its way through a whole batch of bread dough pretty fast. So get rid of this “yeast.” Our true identity is flat and… Continue reading simple wisteria
betrayal
And as they were at table eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.” Mark 14:18 Wednesday Betrayal What a week! After deciding to study Biblical accounts of the final week in Christ's life on earth for myself - I've got to tell… Continue reading betrayal
Tuesday
Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Mark 11:23 Tuesday Excerpt from The Week That Changed the World (HERE) And Finally… Continue reading Tuesday
colors of spring
Spring is three days old and March is predicted to "go out like a lion." Today it's cool for March and a brisk breeze is keeping the temp way below the 70° forecast. But this morning, for a few moments, the sun streamed across the patio and bathed the Japanese Maple, who lives near the… Continue reading colors of spring
Contentment Cottage 