A Mother's Day Breakfast

Rain & Lilac Blush

Evening Glow

Last week we had a lot of grey days. Nevertheless, this geranium kept glowing. After two years of being brought indoors for winter enjoyment, this plant is making its way to a final year in the garden. Currently it is hardening in to the outdoor climate on the deck. Not the happiest camper, but it will make it.

Summer in a Bowl

 

Garden fresh rhubarb and strawberries straight from the freezer with an allergy and tummy friendly crumble. Sometimes God surprises me when something I make tastes perfect, no alterations needed.

In the Studio

My Etsy shop has been lacking something. Really good photography. With Dad's help that will be changing.

In order to do this we had to put a nail in Dorothy's bedroom wall. Her north facing room had the best natural light in the house. (A picture will soon be hanging over her bed to cover the rather big nail we used.)

Next Dad got out his real camera and equipment and the photos began.

Lastly comes editing in Dad's spare time. Once that is complete you can look for new pictures and even a few new products here (but not yet).

Egg Roll in a Bowl

 

Eaten in a hand made bowl with chopsticks adds spark to a grey day.

Thou shalt not be overcome.

 

When the body is broken we yearn for strength, for something to fill the gap so keenly felt. And so we eat food that brings the healing nutrition and drink the water that satisfies and purifies. We find refreshment. Sometimes the refreshment is deep and we gain much strength for the day before us. Yet more often the food and drink are only just enough to keep us to the next meal or snack.

 

So often at those times of bodily brokenness our souls are also broken. The journey is too much for us, and we need that heavenly Food and Drink lest we die inside. God gives it to us daily and it is enough. Sometimes what is given feels only just enough. But the truth is it is always more than enough.

 

"He said not: Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be afflicted; but He said: Thou shalt not be overcome."

(Amy Carmichael, Rose from Brier, 1933)

 

There is always enough, more than enough, in Christ Jesus!