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Back to the Garden

March 31, 2012 By Verna Bowman 8 Comments

In Pennsylvania, trees are season meters now dressed in equinox finery, until the parchment leaves fall noble to the ground, only to stand naked in winter. The choreography of the universe provided by the Creator reminds us of His promise to keep the earth constant  from season to season. The Promise-Keeper. From the view of … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Calvary, Eden, gate, Gethsemane, Golgotha, Paradise, redemption, tree of life, trees

The Stone Unthrown

March 24, 2012 By Verna Bowman 13 Comments

Some say they don’t want to read the Bible because it has stories of wrath, war, and scandal.  Yet, we listen to the media overturn lives repeatedly.  Scandal sells. The Bible is filled with stories of scandal.  First century people weren’t any different than any of us. Think of the story of the redeemed adulteress in the … [Read more...]

Tagged With: adulterous woman, cross, judgement, redeemed, scandal, stones

The Dust-Carver

March 17, 2012 By Verna Bowman 12 Comments

Why does an autograph on a baseball increase the value? A book personally signed by the author makes it more precious.  Collectibles and art signed by the designer reveals the true artist. Husband Jeff is a famed woodcarver in Montgomery County.  During a recent show, a woman returned to our display to bring back a piece she … [Read more...]

Tagged With: healing, master carver, miracle, signature, strokes, woodcarver

Mountains and Mustard Seeds

March 10, 2012 By Verna Bowman 20 Comments

A few good men . . . . . . came down from the mountain after being alone with Jesus.  He stood before them in His Godness, where human eye beheld a transfiguration.  That wasn’t enough, but remarkably two Old Testament greats appear, Elijah and Moses, and talk with the transformed Jesus.  Peter, James, and John saw huge things, … [Read more...]

Tagged With: belief, circumstances, impossible, mountains, mustard seed, unbelief

The Voice in the Cornfield

March 2, 2012 By Verna Bowman 24 Comments

We live in a noisy world. Consider the never-ending barrage of voices assailing us everyday in our homes, at work, and especially from the media.  Our head is overfed with social invasion. Sometimes it’s enough to make me want to run to a quiet place. A sanctuary from life. The other day I needed a break from cell phones, … [Read more...]

Tagged With: cornfield, hearing God, Lancaster County, quiet hour, sanctuary, seed, solitude

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His Word – My Hope

Surely I have composed and quieted my soul like a weaned child rests against his mother.  

Psalm 131

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