It is amazing to me that we are celebrating Wellspring of Life and granddaughter Rielyn* both turning six years old today! Where did the time go? When I look at this photo of Rielyn it is like looking at a snapshot of me at her age with just a bit of tweaking of the chin […]
Ishshah’s Story – Hopey-Changey Thing
The following post was originally shared as my monthly contribution on Ishshah’s Story. I include it here in its entirety for your reading pleasure and encouragement. I invite you to visit Ishshah’s Story for more spiritual food and insight. Blessings, dear reader ~ Nancy Hopey-Changey Thing One morning on my way to our office I found […]
Vineyard Days – The King’s Chair, Part 2
King Solomon made himself a litter bed of the trees of Lebanon. He made its poles of silver; its back of gold; its seat of purple; its middle was paved with love by the daughters of Jerusalem. Song of Songs 3:9-10 LITV *** Solomon had something that the majority of us do not have: unlimited […]
Vineyard Days – The King’s Chair
One of my favorite comedic vignettes from years ago is of precocious five year old Edith Ann featured in a popular TV variety show. Seated in a huge wooden rocker much too big for her little girl frame, she would share her lisped wisdom. It was usually quite thoughtful, sometimes with ‘out of the mouths […]
Vineyard Days – Like Stately Pillars, Part 2
Who or what is this [she asked] that comes gliding out of the wilderness like stately pillars of smoke … ? [Someone answered] Behold, it is the traveling litter (the bridal car) of Solomon. Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel. They all handle the sword and are expert in […]
Ishshah’s Story – Prophetic Passports
Originally posted on Ishshah’s Story on March 8, International Women’s Day, my contributing post this month lands us right in the field of faith. You are invited to join me over at Ishshah’s Story for Prophetic Passports, located in both the Her Journey and Her Wisdom categories. Enjoy the following brief excerpt, and I hope […]
Vineyard Days – Like Stately Pillars, Part 1
Who or what is this [she asked] that comes gliding out of the wilderness like stately pillars of smoke perfumed with myrrh, frankincense, and all the fragrant powders of the merchant? [Someone answered] Behold, it is the traveling litter (the bridal car) of Solomon. Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of […]
Ishshah’s Story – Don’t Mess with My Identity
It’s so tempting to judge a book by its cover – or a blog post by its title. We can easily just keep on going based on our opinion. And in the going, never know what we might have missed. Sometimes – when we least expect it – God interrupts a life in ways of […]
Vineyard Days – Weathered Wineskins
“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. Jesus teaching in Luke 5:37-38 *** If ever there was a more fitting depiction of discouraged spiritual […]
Ishshah’s Story – Bread in the Land
Cradled babe in cattle’s buffet hay Your bed, but You the Bread for the hungry, the greedy, the underfed ‘Feed on Me,’ You did proclaim but love-starved scorn kept ones away to toil for crumbs another day To others the smell of fresh-baked Bread enticing and warm, too hard to resist gave new meaning to […]