I’ve been loving a YouTube channel called Black Opal Direct. I’m a big fan of opals—the way colors play peekaboo with you as the gem moves. When first mined, opals are covered in sand and dull white, black, or gray layers that conceal the brilliance inside. With extreme care, the expert polishes away these outer…
Being a shepherd really impacted me and has impacted some of you who read my posts on Facebook. I’ve not put all of my encounters with the Lord and with the sheep here on this shepherd’s muse website. I have considered creating a mailing list for those who want to have frequent devotions in their…
November 6, 2024 Dixie is truly sweet and loving and has been blessing the people on the way to class and in class. She loves gazing into my eyes and does this to almost anyone. While I’ve been needing her to grow into a reliable sheepdog, she’s definitely reliable when it comes to loving people….
November 5, 2024 Today is USA’s presidential Election day. Lots of feelings going on in this nation, but the basic one is fear. This is not what God would desire for us. I have succumbed to fear as well. I want to know the answers. But no leader at any point can do everything, it…
November 4, 2024 Butterflies and geckos. Yesterday on the way to church, I noticed the orange butterfly about to land on nearby shrubbery. I’m whipping my phone out, because I love taking pictures of God’s creatures. After capturing that image, and getting into the car, another species fluttered across the lawn, so that was fun….
November 3, 2024 Listening to the Bible project’s “Building a House on the Rock” was my daily bread this morning. I felt peace come over me. The podcast’s imagery and words built a new frame of reference where I’m with Jesus, and he is alive. His resurrection is the new building I can live within….
November 2, 2024 By listening to Bible Project each day, I find that the richness of God’s Words is so extensive and the parts that elude my understanding need to go through a grid of looking at God’s declarations about himself and the whole story of Jesus. His choices, his emotions, his mysterious teachings, his…
November 1, 2024 Quite interesting days with being involved with the Truth and Transformation School. Yesterday our speaker Allan Robbins brought rocks, strawberries, uv lights, iodized salt and more. It was hands on science and to see the joy of discovery was a wonder to see. Even a plain tablespoon pressed against dry ice emits…
What a conundrum. God didn’t just create the world and then sit down and observe how we treat it and each other. Take flooding alone; This is occurring on a scale beyond recorded history. How is it these clouds park over a region and dump a whole year’s worth of rain? Why is this occurring?…
October 31, 2024 They always need a leader. I have an open gate nearby, and this is a good move, they came to me, then they saw what I intended for them to see, the way into their pasture.