SUNSETS!

SUNRISE! SUNSET!

What a blessing---to have wide-open windows on both the east and west sides of our mountain ridges.

"From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised." (Psalm 113:3)

Yesterday's sunset was a beautiful closure to our western view of the Smoky Mountains!

AUTUMN BLESSINGS!

A bit of morning chill yesterday lead to a need for a jacket today!

As Ecclesiastes 3:1 reminds us, "For everything there is a season." 

But sometimes the same season has not only different temps, but also different weather patterns. Last week had yet to have an actual hurricane hit landfall, quite late, if not the latest.

Then Hurricane Isaias made landfall yesterday as the latest to hit Gulf Coast, USA. 

In the fall season, a time to uproot began with apple picking.

Think harvest.  

Yet, this week Barber's Orchards are closed due to wind gusts' predictions.

 

Harvest time reminds us all of God's sowing and reaping----whether harvesting crops from the ground or gathering fruits of spiritual lives of people. In both arenas of sowing and harvesting, trusting the Lord for timing in our labor inspires us knowing that in His timing, we will reap what we sow.

Think due season

A bountiful harvest of blessings!

GOD'S MERCIES CALL HIS PEOPLE! BE THANKFUL!!

Do you hear God's Calling?

How do you respond? 

Open your Bible. Where?

Years ago in Romans 12, I started in verse 1.

Recognize God's Mercies as a free gift to believers.

Gifts that are expanded with prepositional phrases.

"In" all areas of life; in affliction, in devotion, in faith, in hope, in joy, in perseverance, in prayer, in tribulation.

AMEN!

WORDFULL WEDNESDAY!

I found words this a.m. All from a bookmark. 

I was led to Psalm 71 and beyond.

• A great scripture to use to kick-start remembering to pray a "Prayer for Old Age" for my widows group on 6/8/20. Recall again today!
• God is with you.He moves with you. God is not static.He is not only a temporary refuge. Trust in the Lord, for all things, not just in deliverance from your circumstances.
• Do not cast me off in the time of old age. Forsake me not when my strength is spent. (Psalm 71:9) Remind me you are my true resource.
• 8/1/21 Andrew Beach's sermon, "You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again....bring me up again....and comfort me again. (Psalm 71:20-21)
• Son's prayer of praise for me on Mother's Day 2023 @ Allen Bible Church...."Grateful how you, Mom, have loved all three of us; compassionately, tenaciously and sacrificially!" 
• Resolve today to sing praises for your righteousness, my Redeemer!

LORD, thank you for my wagonful of "R" words today! 

TRUTH FROM STATE OF TENNESSEE!

Prayer Mountain has 29 Biblical teachings inscribed in the monuments on the right side of the 321 steps which lead to the top. The state funding each marker is engraved along with the teaching.

Verses from Tennessee focused on regeneration and were the 3rd monument on the way up. 

In Matthew 19:28, Jesus addresses his disciples, promising them a significant role in the future. He states that during the renewal or regeneration, when the Son of Man is seated on his glorious throne, his followers will also occupy twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

So transformative. Think all things new.

Titus 3:5 says that God saved us not because of righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy. It also says this happens through the “washing of regeneration” and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

God's mercy is key to regeneration! 

The state of Tennessee's monument shares that truth.

SERENE SABBATH!

Thank You, God!

JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS!

Enough Said! Amen!!

WALKABOUT WEDNESDAY 9/30/2026

Ten commandments embedded in the mountains!

God spoke them first. (Exodus 20:1)

Ten commandments in beautiful Fields of the Wood Biblical Theme Park created from the mountain stone. (November 15, 1940)

A perfect "Walk-a-Bout Wednesday".....

up the TEN COMMANDMENTS MOUNTAIN

.....or if you are,

..... "cane-driven" as I, allow hubby/friend to drive you to the top!

"BLESSED ARE THEY 

THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS,

THAT THEY MAY HAVE RIGHT 

TO THE TREE OF LIFE,

AND MAY ENTER IN

THROUGH THE GATES

INTO THE CITY."

(REVELATION 22:14)

AMEN!

POP

POP

There's lots of POP in my life. It helps with recall. 

Most focus on prayer.

Path

Of

Praise

Position

Of

Praise

Practice

Of

Praise

Place

Of

Prayer

Place of Prayer varies; bed, prayer chair by window with a mountain view, riding in a car, large prayer chair in prayer room, beachside, creekside, Deep Creek, church pew etc. 

Today hubby and I will exploring a "new to us" mountain place of prayer....Fields of the Wood!

I'm back. An amazing trip! 

A new POP---

Psalms 

Of

Praises

Seeing Psalm 24 reminded me of my fave 4th grade teacher who taught us to memorize some psalms, including Psalm 24 which I have loved ever since. She even allowed me to sit with her and cry when I had trouble with long division. Years later she taught my church youth group when I was in high school and kept up with me until her death. 

Those memories lead me to a new Place of Prayer.....a concrete bench under the Psalms of Praise where I bowed in prayers of praise thanking the LORD for blessing me with her in my life! 

PLACE  OF PRAYER

POPS APLENTY! 

TUESDAY TRUTH!

FEC Senior Pastor Pace Mckee begins each service with prayer and the first part of Isaiah 40:8.....

The grass withers, the flowers fade, 

......allowing the congregation to finish the verse.

But the word of our God stands forever. (NASB)

Amen!

God's Word--a balm of truth this Tuesday and everyday!

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Yesterday was the 2nd anniversary of changing our address from Memphis, TN to Bryson City, NC! 

We were welcomed to N.C. by Hurricane Helene's flooding which prevented a return to speak at FEC's Heart To Heart group. 

But God.....had daughter Molly video my message.

Less than a month later, dear friend Ellen died in Memphis and hubby drove me so I was able to speak at her funeral.  Then sudden death of dear friend Dixie in Hot Springs, AR. was followed  by a major stroke when we returned to N.C. Our new residence was not exactly a "place of grace" for us. 

But God in His love and mercy.....has continued to strengthen me......

2 Timothy 4:17

....through His people at church and in the neighborhood! 

His strength through His people from many zip codes!