It's Wednesday's Walk Down Memory Lane and I'm linking up with Jenilee of The Goodwin Family . One of the most beautiful gardens I've visited was the Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island.  Talk about spring flowers; oh my!   If you love photography, this is a great place to visit. Our trip to the Pacific Northwest was in June of 1993.  It was a beautiful time of year.  The gardens were  fragrant with the smell of the blossoming flowers.  Every place we walked there were more gardens and fountains.  Every photo looked like a postcard. Here&#…

It's In Other Words Tuesday and Patricia of Typing One-Handed is our host.  Here is the quote she chose for us this week: I find it very easy to demonstrate love to people who are kind and loving in response.  But let me ask you a question and be honest:  Is it hard for you to love someone who: Misunderstands you? Takes you for granted? Makes fun of you? Calls you a Jesus freak? Has adopted a lifestyle that offends you? Always seems to find something wrong with what you say or do? Refuses to receive your love and kindness Often the hardest people to love …

I'm continuing to study Ann Spangler's book " Praying the Names of God " and linking up with Jill of Forever N Ever N Always .  If you've not joined in, it's not too late.  For me, there's nothing like growing in my understanding of who God truly is that puts my life into proper perspective. This week we're focusing on God as Yahweh Rophe; the Lord who heals.  God was first introduced as healer in Exodus 15:26: If you listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention…