It’s No Mystery…

What do you see in your mind’s eye when you think of Easter?

  • Spring
  • Flowers
  • Newness
  • Frilly dresses
  • Colored Eggs
  • Baskets of goodies
  • Chocolate Bunnies (I’m an ears first kinda girl)


Many memories from my childhood fall into that list. I mean, who doesn’t love a cute little bunny bringing chocolate eggs?

These are fun things we enjoy at Easter but, is that what it’s all about? The true meaning may seem like a mystery, but it’s not!

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Birds In A Windmill

I recently read a story from a man who grew up on a farm with a working windmill. Occasionally, they would turn the windmill’s power off for an extended period of time and birds would build nests in the ironwork.

As a young boy, his father sent him out early one spring to check the windmill before returning its power. He found an elaborate nest made completely from wire that a bird had apparently scrounged for over a few summers. But she built her nest in a hazardous location and it had to be removed.

Birds in a windmill … that got me thinking.

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Ancient Ruins of The Ancient of Days

They were using it as a trash dump. None of the forces took notice of the old gate on a bare mound of land in northern Syria.

Had ISIS explored the area before being driven out in 2016, they would have found the ancient ruins of an early Christian church, a refuge for Christians from the Roman government.

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Stan…By Me

Sometimes God will use the unusual to remind us to pray for those we don’t know, like the kids in our neighborhood and the family down the street.

It happened a few years ago at the house down the street. You know the one. The creepy one. No one knew for sure what was going on inside that house. Continue reading “Stan…By Me”

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