“It was white like coriander seedand tasted like wafers made with honey.”~Exodus 16: 31~ How sweet are Your words to my taste!Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!Psalm 119:103 Bearing double nomenclature in the United States, cilantro is a delicate annual with umbelled flowers which mature into coriander seeds. Cilantro is translated as coriander in… Continue reading Coriander
Devotionals
Decrease
“He must become greater; I must become less.” ~John 3:30~ “When He calls us to fast strength—when He drafts us into decrease—God’s purposes are clear:‘Remember how…He led you, to humble you…causing you to hunger…feeding you with manna…to teach you.’”(Deut. 8:2-3).~Alicia Britt Chole (ABC)~(40 Days of Decrease, XV) The fasting season, as in during Lent, is come… Continue reading Decrease
A Peek at Parsley During Lent
“Oh! We are only at the parsley and the rue.”~Greek Adage~ “They are to eat the lamb,together with the unleavened bread and bitter herbs.”~Numbers 9:11~ Parsley and rue were used as borders for Greek gardens. Gazing at a garden while standing at its border is symbolic of being only at the beginning of a project;… Continue reading A Peek at Parsley During Lent
Chives
“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
Cumin
“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
Seen
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
Inheritance
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
Filled
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
Behold
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
The Whispers of Advent
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
A Walk Down Chamomile Lane 