by lijadmin | Apr 26, 2026 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
Our mountainside home overlooks beautiful Lake Guntersville. Some mornings, I stand at my back door, watching the sun peek over the mountain across the lake. Slowly but surely, that sliver of light swells into a giant orange ball. In no time, the calm waters between...
by lijadmin | Apr 19, 2026 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
Spring is here, and I couldn’t be happier! After a long, cold winter, my heart yearns for warmer weather, for trees to bud, and flowers to bloom. I don’t think I would do very well living in the colder regions of the country with longer winter seasons. I...
by lijadmin | Apr 12, 2026 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
Recently, I had a 26-year-old spiritual granddaughter move to heaven due to a blood clot. It came out of nowhere. On Saturday, she was having a great day with her fiancé, on Sunday, she was teaching small children in Children’s Church, and on Monday, she was fighting...
by lijadmin | Apr 5, 2026 | Bible Studies, Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
I love a little Auburn tree! It is the AU Rosa Plum tree, and it was developed by Auburn to have characteristics like the wild plums that grew prolifically when I was a child. The fruit reminds me of the wild plums I ate from my grandparents’ farm. Even though I...
by lijadmin | Mar 29, 2026 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; Yet I will rejoice in the...