Author: debanncuster

“Everywhere we go, people breathe in the exquisite fragrance. Because of Christ, we give off a sweet scent rising to God, which is recognized by those on the way of salvation—an aroma redolent of life.”2 Cor. 2:14-15 MSG “The grass as bristly and stout as chivesand me wondering when the ground will breakand me wondering… Continue reading Chives

“When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil? When he has leveled the surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? His God instructs him and teaches him the right way. Caraway is not threshed with a sledge, nor is the wheel… Continue reading Cumin

https://youtu.be/l6sX4Vw8mx0?si=kh2VpUKhl_-6GD9P “She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her:‘You are the God who sees me,’for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me.’That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi”(well of the Living One who sees me).Gen. 16:13-14 “What is the matter, Hagar?Do not be afraid; God… Continue reading Seen

https://youtu.be/OrCpKa_xOcE?si=qmsNjYXpxIMQXyoD “Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story…”Psalm 107:2 NIV “The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;surely I have a delightful inheritance.”Psalm 16:6 NIV In her eloquently written book, The Way of Tea and Justice, Becca Stevens writes that “The lessons of tea unfold not just in a huge complicated… Continue reading Inheritance

https://youtu.be/eD7uEs1Nytc?si=rzWPfPLHFywgVhvN “He did not create it to be empty,but formed it to be inhabited.”Is. 45:18 NIV “One way or another,we are compelled to fill the emptiness,to do something with the space.”~Shelley Cramm~ God’s Word For Gardeners https://www.gardenindelight.com/books/niv-gods-word-gardeners-bible-grow-faith-growing-garden/ Scrolling into the clean pages of 2024, I have committed to a methodical study of reading through the… Continue reading Filled

https://youtu.be/6CP08HOcWGY?si=J5yc7epTQJEUIpEB   “He will retrace His own image on thee line by line,effacing by His grace and gracious discipline the marksand spots of sin which have defaced it.”~Edward B. Pusey~ “One thing I have desired of the Lord—that will I seek:That I may dwell in the house of the Lord,to behold the beauty of the… Continue reading Behold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD_xQNhBlfM&list=RDVH9hA3d5fZM&index=6   “What you whisper in my earLet it find room in my heartLike a garden, let Your words begin to grow When my faith is prone to fearRemind me of Your loveRemind me that You’ll never let me go.”~Jason Upton~ With that deep hush subduing allOur words and works that drownThe tender whisper of… Continue reading The Whispers of Advent

“It was November—the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines. Anne roamed through the pineland alleys and let that great sweeping wind blow the fogs out of her soul.”~Anne of the Island, L.M. Montgomery~ Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail,but they will… Continue reading Pine

“The rose is often found near the nettle.”Ovid “Oh, I just love nettle. She reminds us to pay attention.”~Vanessa Cooper~ My introduction to the benefits of stinging nettle strangely came about several years ago, when my son had a fever. To pass the time while the rest of the family was at church, we pulled… Continue reading Nettle

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tithe of mint and dill and cumin, yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith.” ~Matthew 23:23~ “He’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite… Continue reading Dill