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Vehicle in Neutral, Hands Off the Wheel...

by miss goldenrodI took my car to the automatic car-wash yesterday. I hate automatic car-washes. Normally, I control my car, but at these places, you have to put your vehicle in neutral and be conveyed through a gaunt…
My Walk With God is Like a Train?

by miss goldenrodOne can easily meander off God's road...or just fall off, and this is a great Christian metaphor. Yet as I was talking to God last night, I heard the horn of a coming freight-train and God started to s…
Theology from a Snickers Bar

by miss goldenrod Next time you're in the grocery store checkout-lane, take a glance at the packaging on the various candies. Most of the wrappers offer some sort of explanation as to what is contained within, such as:…
Waiting...Just Waiting...

by miss goldenrodBeautiful, aren't they? Goldenrod. I never noticed this flower until I enrolled in a graduate-level ecology course. On the first day of class, our professor told us to find a flower and just observe i…
Does God Want Me To Be More Than A "Plant Lady?"

by miss goldenrodYou call me by name and tell me I have found favor with you. Please, if this is really so, show me your intentions so I will understand you more fully and do exactly what you want me to do. Exodus 33:…
So Many Choices...But What If I Pick the Wrong One?

by miss goldenrod I've lately discovered the joys of giving a detailed pruning to the plants on my accounts. Be it a bonsai or a 10-foot tree, there is something satisfying in turning a "shrub" into an aralia that aft…
A Few Choice Words and an Unwelcome Epiphany

by miss goldenrod After a long day, the last person I wanted to see was my neighbor. I'm so accustomed to his knocking on my door to complain about me or someone/something else, that I really try avoiding him. But he…
Driving With My Eyes Closed

by miss goldenrod Every once in a while I notice as I'm driving that I've not actually looked at the road ahead of me for twenty seconds or so. Set a timer and consider all that can happen in that third of a minute wh…
How Can A Good God Allow....

by miss goldenrod I was at my last account of the week: a 4-plant, ten minute stop. I was quickly dumping water on a cane when a little girl, about 10 years-old, bounced over, hopped on the sofa that separated us, and …
Prescription Lenses, Psalms, and Religious ADD

by miss goldenrod I recently went to the eye doctor for new contacts, and of course my presciption changed, necessitating a series of trial pairs. The first set I was given prevented me from not only immediately focusi…