Friday, November 28, 2025 – “Thanksgiving” by P. Williams
I, like so many others, spent Thanksgiving
with a big group of family.
Who could ever NOT want to do that!
We all ate too much and laughed
and spoke of the ones no longer
present.
We also reconnected just by sitting
around and talking. No big serious
problems discussed… just each of
us talking about our family and our life.
Giving thanks for each person sitting
at our table.
I hope each of you looked at
your list of blessings… and
thanked God for His many gifts.
Amen
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 – 'We Give Thanks' from “Gifts from My Garden”
It is Thanksgiving. The sky is overcast and a wind is blowing; more snow is predicted by
nightfall. Inside, all is cozy and warm. A fire burns in the fireplace. A fine Thanksgiving
luncheon – complete with the last vegetables from my kitchen garden – graces the dining
room table.
Any minute, family and friends will gather around. I bow my head for just a moment.
“What more could I possibly ask, O Lord. Thank You.”
O God, for all of Your beauty, and for all of Your love and mercy, make me truly grateful.
Sunday, November 22, 2025 - from "The Faithful Woman"
I don’t need anything wrapped this Year.
What I am praying for
is much simpler.
A healthy home
peace in the rooms we gather in.
laughter around the table
and the people I love
safe and OK.
If I have that
I already have everything I could
ever want.
Amen
Wednesday, November 18, 2025 – Excerpt from a book by Max Lucado
God calmed the storm for Moses.
Pharaoh’s army thundered behind him. The Red Sea churned in front. Two million Israelites
panicked all around. Moses has nowhere to turn – but up. Whether he shook his staff at
God in anger or raised it in desperation, only Moses knows. But whatever the reason, he
called out to heaven. The sea opened. The people crossed. And Egypt faded in the rearview
mirror.
Sometimes God calms the storm.
He excises the malignant cancer. Transfers the cranky boss. Replenishes the diminishing funds.
The beath of heaven blows, the clouds scatter, and the winter sky turns springtime blue.
Sometimes He calms the storm. Other times, He calms the child.
Saturday, November 15, 2025, "Have You Ever Wondered" by P. Williams
What do the flowers on the
alter stand for -
I was interested... so I looked it up.
Flowers on the alter has several
meanings... including
JOY, New Life, God's Beautiful Creations
and Reverance.
It's amazing how many of
us really didn't know these facts!
So learn with me - about
our church - Why we do things,
the way we do.
Flowers for this Sunday, 11/16/25,
are in Appreciation
of God's Beauty.
Amen
"Wednesday, November 12, 2025, “Need Help?” By J. Klepfer
If you catch yourself thinking, “I can’t”
Stop!
Say aloud, “I can.”
If you catch yourself saying, “I won’t”
Stop!
Say aloud, “I will.”
If you catch yourself trying to solve your own problems,
Stop!
Say aloud, “You and me, Lord.
Together we can move mountains,
Maybe all at once,
Maybe one stone at a time.
Maybe speed doesn’t matter
as long as we’re together.
You and me, Lord.” Amen
Sunday, November 9, 2025 – “Precious Friends” by P. Williams
No robo call yesterday… so here
I am calling today!
After church every Sunday I get
together with a small group of people.
It is a group of people who all
love and respect each other.
Each of us cares about all the
others. We are supportive and
interested in each other and pray
each is doing OK.
This group of just ordinary… but…
extraordinary people. Some married
… some widowed… some parents…
all of us held together by our
love of God.
All of us are retired… mostly…
None of us are couch potatoes
… but we are all slowing down.
So look over “your” life this week…
Be sure if you, too, have the
precious gift of a friend… be
sure to thank God and
- Remember –
Time is not standing still… Great
friends are a very precious
gift from God.
Saturday, November 1, 2025 – “Daylight Savings” by PW
Daylight savings… how do they think
we can “save” daylight. Maybe put
it in a dark room or lock it up in
an underground place… God really
controls this….
Can’t save daylight. We can move
the clocks… but don’t be deceived
the daylight is in the exact same place.
Only the hands of God cold
really move daylight.
The sun moves and we get less and
hours of sunlight in the
winter months. Therefore, we are
not saving daylight but we do have
to get used to less hours of daylight…
no matter what time the hands
of the clock says.
I set my clocks back an hour… Fall
back… so, in the morning when my
alarm goes off at 5:00 am will it
really be 4:00??? Ask a dairy
farmer… Bet his cows know!
The dairy farmer leaves his
clocks and watches on standard
time twelve months a year.
I think He knows a secret… that
God is in charge.
Amen
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 – “Covenant” - excerpt from Adult SS lesson
Covenant is a primary word in the Old Testament to describe the relationship between God and God’s people…
God takes the initiative in forming such a relationship, and it is based on what God has done for the people. But
it looks for a response from the people. Jeremiah 31:33 reads: “This is the covenant that I will make with the people
of Israel after that time, declares the LORD. I will put my Instructions within them and engrave them on their hearts.
I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
Saturday, October 25, 2025 – “Winters of Our Heart” by PW
God is bringing us His special gift
of a new season… FALL
God’s most colorful season… Big
weather changes… beautiful
colors cover the trees. Leaves
Yellow, Red, and Orange… Falling
to the ground when it comes
their time.
I appreciate it so much… Crisp
and breezy and chilly… maybe
a fire in the fireplace…
Smells different too… cleaner somehow.
Wonder how God came up with
all these changes? Guess He
wanted us to prepare for winter…
the winter of our heart.
Getting ready for padding and bracing
our hearts for New things to come.
To get us ready to open up
to more of His love, Tenderness,
Teaching and Knowledge.
Maybe we need to “clean house’ or
organize our thoughts… So
God can bring us New beginnings.
Bolder, colder, more colorful…
Clear thoughts.
Lessons to learn and promises to Cherish.
His love is always right at our
fingertips.
God is bringing us new thoughts and
knowledge and more lessons…
More… More love… More God.
Move over and let Him in… into
Your heart and mind…
Fill it with the Love of God.
Have a great day, Amen
Saturday, October 18, 2025 - “Take Them to Church” – Author Unknown
Saturate their lives with the Word of God.
Even it they lay on the floor. Even if they need
437 Goldfish and a sucker to be quiet. Even if
you stand in the back… swaying back and forth
holding them. Even when it is hard. Even when
your row looks like a hurricane just came through.
Bring them to church.
Let them see you worship. Let them see you pray.
Let them… because if they don’t see and learn
these things from you…. Who are they going to
learn them from?
The world will teach them it’s not a priority. The world
will teach them it’s okay to lay out, not pick up their
Bibles. The world will direct them so far off course,
confuse them, and misinform them that just being
“good” is enough.
The world won’t teach them about Jesus.
That is our job.
Bring them to church.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 – “Getting it Straight” – Daily Devotions
Proverbs 4:11 – I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.
I was in a hurry as I pulled into the parking lot. I spotted an empty parking space near the entrance and quickly
maneuvered my car into it, intending to dash into the store for the one item I needed and back out again. But, try
as I might, I could not get the car parked straight. After several unsuccessful attempts, I got out of my car to
determine what was wrong. I realized I had been using a vehicle next to me as a guide, but the car was parked
almost diagonally! Instead, I should have been using my side and rearview mirrors to align my car within the
markings on the ground.
Even though it has been quite a few years since that incident, every time I think or talk about it, a larger lesson
stands out for me: Be careful whose life you try to align your life with. When we look at other people who seem
to be successful or who are living a life that we aspire to, we may feel that we need to emulate them to achieve
the same level of accomplishment. But doing so may lead us in a direction we don’t want to go.
While there’s nothing wrong with having good role models, we should strive for our lives to line up with the word
of God above all else. When we focus on Jesus and pattern our lives after his, he will guide us in the way we
should go.
