“Real food doesn't need a label telling you it is real food.”

Modern culture seems to care more about appearing authentic than being authentic. We have made a show out of coming across as genuine. Just because I try to be authentic, doesn't mean I am good. I want more than to be authentic, I want to be the person God wants me to be. This means that I will always be in a state of changing from the person I am to the person He is creating in me.

“By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?” Jesus

“To know and not to do is not to know.” Proverb

I do better practicing what little I know, than to make the pursuit of knowledge my life’s end. What good is knowing without doing? Of course the value of knowledge is that It leads us to do the right things. Like the two ores of a rowboat, put them both together and they will lead to a wise and fruitful life.

“Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.” Jesus “Conversations Within” ts 3/23/2025

We learned to walk when we were young; we learn how to walk slower and with greater care as we get older.

 Like an old pair of shoes, or a well worn backpack, I will eventually have to lay this old body down. I am assured that when the time comes, I will find new provisions waiting for the journey that is sure to continue. I thank God for today’s bread, and purpose to use it for the goodness my Father intends.

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” 2Cor. 4.16 “Conversations Within” ts 3/20/2025

“People ought to saunter in the mountains - not hike!” John Muir

There are times I walk with the deliberation of getting somewhere. Even so, I can still choose the way I walk. I want my journey to reflect a reverence for life, to saunter, and take life in while I am going. This way every walk can be a Sabbath walk--every step in reverence. Every walk "a la sainte terre” to the holy land.

“At about that time Jesus was walking through some grainfields on the Sabbath.” Matt.12.1 “Conversations Within” ts 3/20/2025

“I’ve got a river of life flowing within me; It makes the lame to walk and the blind to see. It opens prison doors, sets the captives free. I’ve got a river of life flowing within me.” Mary A. Lathbury

 I am so grateful for God’s word and the refreshment it works in me.  When I swim in its wisdom I can feel life, health and peace coursing in me. Interacting with the Spirit of truth is like bathing in life itself. My soul is washed, my strength renewed, and I feel clean all over.  

“Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Jesus “Conversations Within” ts 3/19/2025