Life From Ashes

About a year ago my family and I were driving through the mountains of Arizona past areas that had recently been affected by wildfires. The black residue covered the hills as far as the eyes could see. Yet a few small brown patches remained mysteriously unhindered. Those areas reminded me of verses from Psalm 91….

The Desert Also Speaks

It’s been well over 6 months since my last post. My written journals continue to fill up with personal prayers and documents of everyday life while Inspirations From Creation have run dry. I could use the excuse that we moved away from our inspiring homestead back into the city. I could use the excuse that…

The Ominous Cloud of Worry

Judging from the bitterly cold and windy weather outside you would never have guessed that only a month ago we were complaining about how hot it was. I remember wondering if we might experience the discomfort of heat all year. Summer felt like it would never end. However, low and behold, with only a couple…

Simple

I started getting some sporadic shooting pain in my kidneys this year and was certain I had kidney stones. One night I woke up screaming in pain, so the next morning I rushed myself to the ER (for the second time with this same issue). They did a CT scan,  checked my blood, and everything…

Comfort In The Rain

Today was a rainy day. Not a pleasant drizzle like on some fall days, but the kind of rain that makes you just want to hide inside nestled up with a good book. But today, I had a lot to do and the rain was inconvenient.  I had animals to feed, groceries to buy, and…

Chicken Coop

We moved our 6-week-old chickens from their brooder to their new home in the chicken coop. The behavior of a chicken is striking. For 6 weeks we fed them, played with them, replenished their water, provided heat and fresh bedding, and gave them delicious treats that birds love – like dirt, grit, and kitchen scraps….

The Sheep and the Goats

Before my husband and I were married, we had gone to a county fair together. At the fair there was a petting zoo with goats. I walked up to the goats exclaiming, “Awe, look at all the cute sheep!” My husband and his buddy laughed. “Those are some nice looking sheep. Only they are not…

The Dump

The other day we tore out some old, musty insulation from our basement. It was full of mouse droppings, some mold, and immeasurable amounts of dust. It was no easy task – much different than how it looks on TV where they move in fast-motion and leave out the painfully long amount of time it…

Dancing in the Rain

It takes blind faith to see that God is moving. However, creation graciously gives us physical evidences of His work if we take the time to see it and listen. We are on the brink of a new season: Spring. It doesn’t take much faith to see that God is preparing the earth for the…

Tic-tacs and ants

I have this drawer that is strictly reserved for the girls in my homeroom.  I fill it with helpful female products and with tic-tacs.  At first there was only one container of tic-tacs.  It lasted for at least a month.  These tic-tacs had to be shared among the whole class so you would only take…