“Be quiet and tear the thorn from your heart.
Uncover your soul’s own rose garden.” – Rumi

Each moment contains a hundred messages from God: To every cry of “Oh Lord,” He answers a hundred times, “I am here.” ~ Rumi While the sun slips over the western woods, the evening colors turn the sky to the softest shades of heather. The slanting light leaves long shadows across the back of my [...]

Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies. Afflictions, from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise. ~Brother Lawrence ~ It is the last full day of our summer  vacation. Tomorrow we will be returning home. As I begin to walk slowly down the dirt pathway towards the lake area, I think [...]