Out of the Chaos
Inspiration for living outside of the chaos.
Tag: devotional
Authenticity 101
Tonight I am watching the Chicago Cubs play the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field in Chicago. It is “authentic Cub fan night” and you are invited to send in your picture to be used later in the evening on the big screen. That is if you show yourself to be an authentic fan! Saturday evening …
Daily Reads 07.15.2019
Thanks for walking down memory lane with me the last few days. It’s been fun to call to mind events from the past that have shaped and molded who I have become. As I remember, I see two benefits. First, remembering helps me see how God is present in my life. I see how he …
Daily Reads 07.14.2019
Traditions. We started last week looking at my tradition of camping. What traditions do you value? How has remembering this week helped to spur you toward good traditions? Sunday observance is a tradition I value. I love my day of voluntary suspension of laborious activity. Nothing is more pleasurable to me than knowing that I …
Daily Reads 07.13.2019
Camping with children is hard work, but rewarding. Bikes are a necessity especially if the campground has adequate trails/roads that are safe for the kids on bikes. For many years, we camped with our children at a local campground. Always going with several other families, our children spent hours riding bikes up and down the …
Daily Reads 07.12.2019
Read: Philippians 4:11-13 My husband and I started camping when we were first married. Surprisingly, although my husband worked in the RV (recreational vehicle) industry, we didn’t own a camper. Our first experience was in a tent. I was in my first trimester of pregnancy and not feeling great much of the time. We packed …
Daily Reads 07.11.2019
Read: Proverbs 15:1-4 One summer our family and my uncle’s family piled into our campers and went to Beverly Beach in Washington to meet up with our cousins from Oregon. This was a fancy campground with a store filled with enticing treats for a young girl. My cousins and I regularly made our way to …
Daily Reads 07.10.2019
Read: Philippians 4:18-20 It was Labor Day weekend and we had packed into our campers and set out for Spotted Bear, a remote campground in northwest Montana about 50 miles up a gravelly mountain road. Mom diligently checked and rechecked our supplies, making sure we had everything we needed for four days of outdoor living. …
Did someone say camping?
Camping is foreign to some people. Maybe it is to you. I grew up camping. My childhood family of nine always had some sort of recreational vehicle – travel trailer, truck camper, renovated school bus, mini motorhome – we had it all at one time or another. Camping is a lot of work, especially with …
Daily Reads 07.08.2019
Read: Deuteronomy 4:9 The book of Deuteronomy is organized around three speeches Moses gave to the children of Israel just before they entered the Promised Land. Up to this point, the Israelites were campers. They lived in tents for forty years! I camped in a tent for one weekend and decided that was not my …
Daily Reads 07.07.2019
Today begins a week of vacation with my sister at a nearby campground. I hope to do some reading, relaxing and renewing with great books, food and friends. I thought a lot on Thursday, the 4th, about holidays. Some 200+ years ago our nation declared independence and then declared that we should continue to remember …
Out of the Chaos 