Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Dry Times Do you sometimes open your Bible only to find your mind drifting off with every sentence? You wrestle it back to the verses at hand only to dose off or wander onto thoughts of some other topic.  Do you sometimes finish the entire section you planned to

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Waiting The gap between the discovery of something that carries the possibility of disaster and the arrival of the verdict can challenge our faith. Waiting is challenging. In any time of uncertainty, the best response to a period of waiting is to focus on the love of God. We

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Horse Rides Big, wide smiles were everywhere I looked. From the moment the trailer arrived at the birthday party and gentle, attractive horses walked down the ramp, smiles ruled the day. Even the adults were grinning when more animals followed, animals to pet such as a llama, donkey, goat,

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement The Family Bible A few generations ago, it was quite common for a family to purchase a very large, thick Bible to record the births, marriages and deaths of the family for future generations. Often the covers were quite ornate with fancy fonts. Some even bore a chiseled look.

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Bubbles Blowing soap bubbles in the air never goes out of style although the apparatus used today is much more sophisticated than when I was a child. Our great grandchildren enjoyed a fun time making lots of bubbles with the help from the wind on the beach. They hardly

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Beekeeping Newspaper articles inform us that our bee population is dwindling. One consequence is the rise of price for delicious honey to spread on our bread and sweeten our tea. We’ve noticed more man-made bee hives as we drive about the countryside. Perhaps we notice because our awareness is

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement A Fluke After a year with few live sporting events to watch, it was fun to attend a minor league baseball game. Fast-throwing young pitchers made base hits hard to attain, but occasionally a strong fellow managed to slam the ball with power. Yet able fielders with strong throwing

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Windmills The road leading out of Dallas, Texas was lined with rows of windmills. These were not the old-fashioned, round, fan-shaped kind, that used to catch wind on many farms to draw water from wells. No. These tall cement structures are topped with three huge, long arms that rotate

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Games We didn’t all know each other very well. Some of us had just met for the first time. if people are generous in their judgements of one another’s game tactics, Scattergories is a perfect game to create an atmosphere of laughter and comradie. Nothing can unlock reserve and

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Rainbows Geography separates our family. Many miles and state lines stand between our homes. But on this day, we were together, delighting in conversing face to face in the same room, a rare privilege. Imagine our amazement to look out the window and see this gorgeous rainbow. We gasped