Good Morning!! While cleaning one of my ladies houses she had her SOAP OPERA on. Wow!!! I had forgotten what they were like because it has been a while since I was YOUNG AND RESTLESS. The DAYS OF OUR LIVES go by so fast, before you know it your old and used up in GENERAL … Continue reading
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Changed (by Becky Rommel)
Good Morning!! I had to CLEAN and replace the bag inside a GENIE II. That is a new system that MIRACULOUSLY ABSORBS the ODOR of DIAPERS when you throw them away. If I had a WISH to give, it would be for you to realize how much GOD loves you. Time is RUNNING OUT, and … Continue reading
Sucrose, Sucralose and the Spirit (by Len Winneroski)
“Don’t drink too much wine. That cheapens your life. Drink the Spirit of God, huge draughts of Him. Sing hymns instead of drinking songs! Sing songs from our heart to Christ. Sing praises over everything, any excuse for a song to God the Father in the name of our Master, Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 5:18, The … Continue reading
Unabashed Love (by Kristen Mellott Parker)
“Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?” Proverbs 20:6 My oldest son had played a particularly great soccer game. As he was walking across the field following the game, he was scanning the crowd for a familiar face. As our eyes met, he started to run toward … Continue reading
Washed by Grace (by Becky Rommel)
Good morning!! I was at a house that had a lot of clothes on the floor. They were next to piles that were clean and folded. I didn’t know if they were clean or dirty. I had to make a decision, so I washed them. We also do that with people, judging them on what … Continue reading
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Brothers and sisters in Christ, thank you for your prayers and support of this devotional blog site! I hope that it has been a blessing to you. We have had 1613 visits so far since starting the site on April 16th, and last week OUR site had 533 views, thanks to the addition of multiple … Continue reading
United with Christ (by Becky Rommel)
Good Morning!! My niece Erica is a FLIGHT ATTENDANT. Her Job is to make sure everyone has a SAFE, ENJOYABLE TRIP to their DESTINATION when FLYING. Heaven is our DESTINATION but our JOURNEY before ARRIVAL isn’t always ENJOYABLE. TURBULENCE can DROP out of no where and it can get ROUGH!! God wants each of us … Continue reading
Observations from the Field (by Eric Tromiczak)
“For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” 1 Timothy 4:8, NIV Are we properly equipping our children? Safety has been one of the highest priorities in youth sports, and continues to be one of the most … Continue reading
JOY UNSPEAKABLE (by Becky Rommel)
Good morning!! At one of my homes, they have a room full of dead hanging animals on their wall. They look so still and peaceful. Lol. I bet if they could talk, they would tell you, it wasn’t peaceful dying a painful death. Do you have PEACE? That’s all I want. Today I feel like … Continue reading
Wine from Heaven (by Len Winneroski)
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.” Matthew 22:2, NIV “Look at me daddy!” yelled Isabelle as she twirled in the middle of the living room in her princess dress. “I’m a bride!” Isabelle’s father smiled as he watched his daughter dance around the room … Continue reading
Peace (photography by Brian K. Huckabee)
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27, NIV
Bologna, Apples and Prayer (by Len Winneroski)
“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches.” … Continue reading
Beauty and Branches (by Len Winneroski)
“Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God’s energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give Him the most pleasure.” Philippians 2:13, The Message I don’t mind mowing the grass. We have a push mower and I usually look … Continue reading
A Place for Us – by Mahala (Hayley) Frandsen
“Where you are right now is God’s place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there.” 1 Corinthians 7:17, MSG In the heart of Indiana, amongst the purple haze of the Brown County hills stands the former home of world famous Hoosier artist, T.C. Steele, and his second wife, Selma Neubacher Steele. … Continue reading
True Glory (photography by Brian K. Huckabee)
“For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring Word of God. For, ‘All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of the Lord stands forever.’ And this … Continue reading
Straight Paths (photography by Brian K. Huckabee)
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths staight.” Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV For more incredible photography visit Brian’s website at: http://huckabee.zenfolio.com/
The Prayer of Presence (by Kristen Mellott Parker)
“As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you.” Isaiah 66:13, NIV This morning, I was having my Quite Time. This is a major victory for me as it is a struggle to get out of bed so early (the heart is willing but the body is weak). I am sometimes selfish and … Continue reading
Stinkers and Saints (by Len Winneroski)
“As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.” Psalm 16:3, NIV Have you ever been sprayed by a skunk? Before this morning, I had no idea that there are ten different species of these cute little stinkers. There are hooded skunks, spotted skunks, … Continue reading
Let the Music Play (by Frank D. Jonez)
“My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.” Psalm 57:7, NIV Check out the latest new release from Frank D Jonez! Frank is the music minister at New Hope Church in Greenwood, Indiana. He is truly a gifted, and Godly man. I absolutely love this song! It … Continue reading
Capsaicin for Christ (by Len Winneroski)
“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” Matthew 3:11, NIV I love hot sauce. I put it on meat, eggs, pizza and even in … Continue reading
Lessons from Indy (by Kristen Mellott Parker)
“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.” Psalm 55:22, NIV I was walking my dog, Indy, this afternoon. We walk together often and always along the way, he stops to smell EVERYTHING. Sometimes I let him sniff, and sometimes I hurry him along. It … Continue reading
Mitosis, Influence and Grace (by Len Winneroski)
“Dear friend, do no imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.” 3 John 1:11, NIV Do you remember learning about mitosis? The human body needs to make about 300 million new cells per minute, and … Continue reading
Good Soil (by Len Winneroski)
“But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.” Matthew 13:23, NIV “Can I help you grandma?” Sarah’s large brown eyes watched her grandmother’s shaky hands as the elderly … Continue reading
Noah’s Hero (by Christine Marino, Lindsey Winneroski and Len Winneroski)
The following link will download a children’s picture book as a pdf file. I hope that you enjoy it 🙂 Noah’s Hero
Back Away From the Coconut (by Len Winneroski)
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Matthew 7:13, NIV Did you know that coconuts (or any … Continue reading
Sunsets, Blue Skies and Beautiful Feet (by Len Winneroski)
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.” Psalm19:1, NIV Is there anything more beautiful than an early evening sunset or a brilliant blue sky? Have you ever wondered why clear skies are blue and sunsets are orange-red? The sky looks blue to us on a clear day … Continue reading
Energy, Mass, Light and Faith (by Len Winneroski)
In 1905 Albert Einstein proposed that mass and energy are really just different forms of the same thing in a paper entitled “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon its Energy Content?” Most of us are familiar with the simple equation, E=mc2, that Einstein revealed to the world in this paper, but do we … Continue reading
The Bible, the Spirit and the Blood Brain Barrier (by Len Winneroski)
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians, 10:5, NIV Have you stopped to thank God today for your blood brain barrier (BBB)? The BBB is composed of very special astrocyte-supported blood vessels that … Continue reading
Jesus Helps Me (Paige Jia Qin Winneroski, 1st grader)
Sometimes when I get on stage to do our group number I get nervous but Jesus helps me get through the dance. My prayer when I go on stage is please help the dance go well. One time I got lost in a store and I didn’t know where my mom was so I went … Continue reading
Faith and the Scientific Method (by Len Winneroski)
“Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1, NIV Are God and science compatible? I have been a Christian and a research scientist for over twenty years, so this is a very relevant question to me. I have always been fascinated with the … Continue reading
MSG for Christ (by Len Winneroski)
“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because your are lukewarm – neither hot nor cold – I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:15-16, NIV Do you know what the five “tastes” are? The human tongue … Continue reading
Science x Faith = 1 x 1 = 1 (by Len Winneroski)
“On the other hand, representatives of science have often made an attempt to arrive at fundamental judgments with respect to values and ends on the basis of the scientific method, and this way have set themselves in opposition to religion. These conflicts have all sprung from fatal error…science can only be created by those who … Continue reading
Sawing Logs and Seeing Jesus (by Len Winneroski)
“Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness.” Luke 11:34, NIV Did you know that the bald eagle has two foveae? The foveae is the part of the eye that … Continue reading
A Frigarater on Wheels (Paige Jia Qin Winneroski, 1st grader)
If I could invent something I would invent a frigarater that could move on wheels. Whenever I was hungry I would make a ramp so it wouldn’t have to go up all the bumping stairs. It would come up and have all of my favorite foods it it. And so I would pick my breakfast, … Continue reading
Melanin, Melanoma and God’s Human Mosaic Masterpiece (by Len Winneroski)
“For God does not show favoritism.” Romans 2:11, NIV Did you know that melanin is the skin pigment that God used to paint His beautiful “human mosaic masterpiece?” There are two pigments that account for the diversity and beauty of skin and hair color in humans, eumelanin and pheomelanin. Albinism is characterized by the complete, … Continue reading
Deadly Deception (by Len Winneroski)
“You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,’ declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 9:6, NIV Is there anything more beautiful than a jellyfish propelling itself through the ocean? There is something captivating about jellyfish. The Box Jellyfish, which lives in the waters around Asia and Australia, has a box … Continue reading
Bioluminescence and Firefly Dancers (by Len Winneroski)
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. – Matthew 5:14 Aren’t fireflies amazing? There seems to be an unwritten law that fireflies need to be chased. Watching children point, jump, twirl and laugh as they pursue these flying miracles brings warmth to even the coldest heart. … Continue reading
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