Category: love

What the Bible Says (about showing Kindness & Generosity toward those who are Impoverished) ~

March 3, 2026

These scripture verses should have been added to Misky’s post which I reblogged earlier ~ Cale

Proverbs 11:24-25 – One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

Proverbs 19:17 – Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done.

Proverbs 21:13 – Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

Proverbs 22:9 – The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

Malachi 3:10 – “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.”

The Torch

February 28, 2026

The torch we hold up for others illuminates our own path.🔦

Andrew Murray

Andrew Murray (9 May 1828 – 18 January 1917) was a South African writer, teacher and Christian pastor. Murray considered missions to be “the chief end of the church”. Wikipedia

10 Things of Thankful

February 28, 2026

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I’m happy and grateful just to be able to share thankfuls!!  I’ve not always been in this place/space…so it merits a LOUD HALLELUJAH just to “selah” (pause/consider/reflect/marvel) that!

Here’s more:  I’m very thankful I didn’t have a nervous breakdown this week due to magnifying a mere misunderstanding (as my cousin would say if she were still in Texas, rather than Heaven:  “you are SO Dramatic!!”).  Yeah well, when God created me I guess he left out the Divine equivalent to Valium.  

Seriously, though–in a conflict of whatever size, my best defense is JESUS and the Holy Spirit’s gang unit.  A win-win, and no blood spilled!

I’m once again, and always grateful for the few excellent friends I have…as Kermit the frog sang, “it’s not easy being green”–and it’s not easy for reasonably normal folks to inhabit the world of a green person (cousin of Kermit).

I’m thankful we still have NO snow–some days rain, but mostly gorgeous sunshine with the promise of more, since Daylight Savings Time is just around the corner.

Glad and grateful to have a truly caring caregiver–it’s still a miracle to me that she comes back each week…and girl, she folds all my clothes up in neat little squares after doing laundry!  The first time, I laughed–but she insisted they’d fit in the bureau drawers better.  I feel like a queen–because I was used to quite happily just balling up and smooshing everything into drawers.

I’m thankful for all the Customer Service folks I speak with on the phone when I have a question, or want to make payments…they’re so friendly, ‘specially the guys (who’ve evidently been brought up to be kind to old women), very nice and helpful.  I guess that counts for “socializing”, right?

I’m thankful the Scallops Alfredo turned out well last night–it’s even better tonight!

And my nabe and I exchanged dinners again, mid-week:  I made turkey vegetable soup, she cooked Mexican.  But it’s about to get rough–she has to stop pretending she needn’t follow Dr’s orders to absolutely QUIT sugar…so there go all the yummy desserts…

I’m grateful for a change in perspective about blogging this year–I’m no longer a prisoner on the chain gang of Stats…sweet Freedom indeed!!

And I’m thankful to be fully immersed in this rich Lenten season…so good to feel the depth of the Lord’s love, that He would submit to the agony of His last days on Earth so that I could be with Him forever–washed clean, made new, a Somebody beloved of God.  Jesus be the Name I praise!

~ Cale

PS:  I think I went over 10–is there a fine for that?😉

 

Love’s Bridges💖

February 27, 2026

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead, and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

Thorton Wilder

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He who cannot forgive others destroys the bridge over which he himself must pass.

George Herbert

Love Looks & Listens💖

February 23, 2026

The first duty of love is to listen. 

Paul Tillich

Personal Note:  I don’t believe or agree with everything Paul Tillich believed, but this quote resonates in me.  Maybe because this is the season of Lent–and I’m rereading several of Max Lucado’s books about Christ’s walk to the Cross–Tillich’s words got me thinking in the midnight hour…

Sometimes people just need to talk (whether they are strangers or folks we know)–and when we listen to someone, really listen, it expresses love which respects and values the person we’ve chosen to give our attention to…even if only for 5 or 10 minutes.  It’s one of those “little” things that could hold far greater importance than we imagine to a person we–perhaps unexpectedly–feel urged to stop for…rather than pass by.

I confess I’m not always a good listener (I’ll further admit I’m not much of a ‘people-person’)…I get busy being self-consumed, and avoid or brush-off folks.  If I paused and looked into their eyes, I might see their longing to simply be heard. 

During His brief years on Earth, Jesus did a lot of stopping for people–He was very intentional in His contacts, connections.  Busy as He was, He always had more than enough time to see them and listen–because He had a heart for people. 

My life isn’t as imperatively scheduled as His was.  I need to slow down, make a change…if I’m serious about following Christ, loving as He did, reflecting God’s love.

~ Cale

Songs At the Altar

February 22, 2026

Happy Sunday, everyone is welcome!  This first music vid is my new favorite worship song–oooh, I just feel it all the way to my toes!!  Can’t keep my arms from raising, feet from dancing as I praise the Lord!

10 Things of Thankful

February 21, 2026

Ah yes, I’m a grateful gal!!

The “gigantor totes project” is nearly finished, and still thrilling me.  Thankful they are good quality plastic and quite reasonably priced…I probably only need 2 more, yippee!

Very thankful for my “Russian doll”, caregiver extraordinaire.  Even after falling and wounding both wrists she was still eager to help me–I felt a bit guilty, needing her to use the difficult can opener on 6 small cans of tuna last Monday, but she insisted so I sent her home with another home-baked cake.  Her big smile makes my heart happy!

And yesterday I learned she’s just as good with communication skills, as with shopping and household stuff.  That was a huge relief…I can tell her things, not keep them bottled up for fear she’ll quit.

Very grateful to have a good speaker at church today–the message was “What Do You See?”, and Pastor talked about how we view folks, impacts how we’ll treat them.  Do we see them through the lens of bias or bitterness?  We’re all made in God’s image, and we need to see everyone as HE sees them, with LOVE.

I ordered some yummy mini dumplings from Amazon–oh my, they’re like small potstickers filled with seasoned chicken and cabbage…delightful!

The temps were cold…then last night warmed up and we have serious rain–all of which I’m thankful for indeed (no snow).

I managed to finish the 1000-piece puzzle (with much frustration–but hey, squinting through cataracts, that’s a grateful victory)!

Both of my neighbor’s cats are in heat…after a 2-day absence, they were quite happy to see me (not sure what that means, but I’ll take it as a positive–they weren’t snarling at me).

Thankful for blogging:  the socializing (within my comfort limits), and knowing I can still “write something”.

Always and ever grateful that I’m a beloved child of God, and He is for me!

Amplified Bible
Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father] Ephesians 5:1

King James Bible
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.  Psalm 56:9