When I read fictional books, I always identify with the protagonist or other characters in the story. I put myself in their shoes and root for them to overcome any adversities they may face. I think about the traits we have in common or find myself wishing to be like them in some way. Anne of Green Gables was one of my favorites growing up, and I longed to have Anne’s feisty spirit and imagination! I tend to read the Bible in a similar way, connecting to the characters and

Weeding is such a chore, isn’t it? It seems that I can completely clear all of the weeds from my garden one day, go back the next and find it full of new weeds to pull. So, again, I pull the weeds until there appear to be none, feeling satisfied in my completed work. And the next day…weeds. It’s like that in our daily lives, isn’t it? We work at the love, the honoring others, the manipulating, the gossip, the complacency, the motives, and more -- judging ourselves, making

"No eye has seen nor ear has heard and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him." --1 Corinthians 2:9 Your future is as bright as the promises of God. Debbie Kovach

The mountains are beautiful in the summer as well as all year round, through all of the seasons. There’s a unique beauty to the stillness that envelopes everything in the forest. The pines reach so far into the sky that it’s difficult to tell where they end sometimes. The radiance of the streaming rays through the openings in the trees, through the leaves to the ground, gives great illumination to foliage living there, housing an untold number of creatures. It’s peaceful, p

"The future lies before you like a field of driven snow, Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show." "The path of the virtuous leads away from evil; whoever follows that path is safe." --Proverbs 16:17 Contributed by Debbie Kovach

Psalm 139: 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. I'm sure there are a thousand es