I am a huge fan of Oswald Chambers who wrote “My Utmost For His Highest”. Sometimes I have to read the selection several times before I can really understand what he is getting at. He is a pretty deep fellow. This selection got me thinking about doors. ” Continue reading →
Birthdays make me turn a little nostalgic and tend to make me look inward. I guess that is probably typical for most people. As you move past the teenage years (smile) it is only natural to realize that earthly time is getting shorter and shorter. Continue reading →
Sometimes I just need to hear the words again to be reminded that even ordinary people like me can make a difference. It’s true, you know. It really is. Ordinary people like me can do extraordinary things sometimes. Oh I am not saying that I Continue reading →
One of my favorite verses from the Bible is this one above. It is one that gives me so much comfort during difficult times and right now I feel as if I am in difficult times again. I have seen signs posted during the pandemic Continue reading →
My sister shared this little quote the other day and it really struck me. As you might guess, from the tagline of my blog – Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary– I am a true believer in the small things that may appear to be Continue reading →
Spring has arrived. I can feel it in my bones. Actually I can feel it in my head with all of the pollen that seems to have accumulated there. Along with the advent of flowers and baby geese which might take over our yard Continue reading →
When you read Rocky Road you thought ice cream, right? Yum. It is the perfect ice cream weather and with the temperatures in the high 70’s all week it is the perfect dessert. I, however, was thinking of something different when I typed that title Continue reading →
I shared this image yesterday in my blog post about Biltmore Blooms and it has stuck in my mind for some reason. Sometimes images do that. As I walked out to our dock earlier today I spied a dandelion in our yard. There was a Continue reading →
I found the following story on Facebook. It was one of those stories that gets passed around and you never really know where it originated but regardless it struck me when I read it and I wanted to share it here. An anthropologist showed a Continue reading →
The road that stretches before the feet of a man is a challenge to his heart long before it tests the strength of his legs. Our destiny is to run to the edge of the world and beyond, off into the darkness, sure for all Continue reading →
