The Eternity Seed

Have you seen the Instagram meme – The wife is driving and the husband is giving directions, “turn north at the next intersection,” and the wife’s cheeky response, “Listen Christopher Columbus, do I turn at Taco Bell or do I head toward Target?” Yaaaaaaaaas! I identify. That meme was on a constant loop through my mind last week on my trip to Seaside, Florida. Once we got off the Interstate at…

What is your go to move when technology fails you? I have a love hate relationship with all my smart technology. And by the way, who determined to call these devices smart? Smart TV, Smart IPhone, you get my drift. Sometimes they are not smart at all. And I refuse to think they are smarter than me. I know I am being vain, but sometimes all these smart devices just downright frustrate me. My go to…

As I have written before, I am on a quest this summer. I am focusing on my health, but what I am learning, health is more than physical health. It is more than making sure I get my six servings of fruits and vegetables, all my grains, all my proteins, all my dairy products or whatever the new order of daily dietary guidelines are these days. My health is more than making sure I get at least four…

We just celebrated Father’s Day 2026. God has given me good gifts. I know several good father’s that deserve to be celebrated. Our Heavenly first and foremost, my own husband, my son, my son-in-law and my own dad. He’s deceased now for eleven years, but God always brings dad to my mind every Father’s Day because he was one of the good ones. I’ve been “recollecting” that’s a term my dad used when…

Aww that crazy kid just enjoying life with sand all over and mud squeezed between his fists. That’s my two year old grandson, Samuel. We could take a lesson or two from him on how to enjoy life. Just go for it. Run after life and don’t stop. Take your shoes off and just feel the earth God made. I read a quote the other day that made me reflect; if my older self could tell my younger self this…

Remember the days of sitting in elementary school and the teacher would tell you to get out your Indian Chief writing tablet. Yes, I’m dating myself. I remember groaning every time I heard those words. I learned cursive writing in the fifth grade, (many, many moons ago) and my handwriting teacher was very particular. Every letter had to touch either the solid or the dotted line, and for a student…

I decided to buy me an electric razor the other day. Ever since the discovery of the electrical current and thanks to Thomas Edison mankind’s mindset has been “anything electric will obviously make life easier. I am now well into my sixties, and my body is feeling the effects of the aging process. “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being…

I know I’m quoting the title to Olaf’s song in the movie frozen. If you don’t know Olaf is a snowman who wishes to see what summer is like. My daughter and her family can tell you… it’s hot. It’s hot in Dallas, Tx watching a lacrosse tournament. My daughter-in-law and my grandson can tell you… It’s hot in Nashville, TN watching a baseball tournament. Olaf I just gotta let the cat out of the bag.…

My life has begun a new dance. The drum beat has slowed down. Oh that’s just a poetic way of stating I’m growing old. I’m an empty nester and the hectic sometimes chaotic rhythm of still raising children has gone. Now I am an observer. I’m watching my daughter and her family, my son and his family go from one lacrosse tournament, to the next baseball, softball, or football event. I look at their…

As I sit here looking at my advent wreath all the candles are lit and I love sitting in the glow of its candle light. I see now one of my candles are leaning. We broke that candle as we put it in. It has tape around its brokenness and that tape preaches a sermon all its own. That’s what Jesus did that first Christmas so long ago. He came into a broken world not to just patch it but to heal…

Yesterday as I sat reflecting the Christmas season of 2024 I just knew it went by way too fast. I wanted more time. I hadn’t even burned up all my Bath and Body Works Christmas candles. I wanted more time with my family. I wanted more time to visit with my oldest grandson who is a senior this year. In five months he will be graduating. In seven months he will be going to the University of Denver.…

He was checked in his transports by the churches ringing out the lustiest peals he had ever heard. Clash, clang, hammer, ding, dong, bell; bell, dong, ding, hammer, clang, clash! Oh glorious, glorious! Running to the window, he opened it, and put out his head. No fog, no mist. Clear, bright, jovial, stirring, cold—cold, piping for the blood to dance to—golden sunlight; Heavenly sky; sweet fresh…

One of my pastors from recent years coined a term I love and have used quite often as I read God’s word ”SANCTIFIED IMAGINATION” My sanctified imagination runs rampant around this time every year. I love all the hidden gems and nuances of that first Christmas Eve and all the events surrounding the days when Christ left the THRONE OF HEAVEN and came down into the mess humanity had made of His…

”In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he ordered…

”When this corruptible is clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal is clothed with immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: Death has been swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?“‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭54‬-‭55‬ ‭HCSB‬‬Paul was quoting the prophet Hosea ”“I will deliver this people from the power of the grave; I will redeem…

What do you do with Saturday while you are waiting on Sunday? I know what the Jewish religious leaders and the Roman authorities did: ”The next day, the day after Preparation Day for Passover, the chief priests and the Pharisees went together to Pilate. They said to him, “Our master, we remember that this imposter claimed that he would rise from the dead after three days. So please, order the…

”They crucified two criminals with Him, one on His right and one on His left. So the Scripture was fulfilled that says: And He was counted among outlaws.“‭‭Mark‬ ‭15‬:‭27‬-‭28‬ ‭HCSB‬‬ Oh the irony of Good Friday! The innocent Lamb of God hung between the guilty of the land. The two criminals deserved execution Roman style, but Jesus wielded no knife, He stole no money, He was no thief, He had…