Month: May 2026

A couple of things.

My mom is quite old, and has been in fine health overall, yet over the past year her body has shown some age and decline.

Last night she fell, while cutting off tulip stems (the petals had fallen) and she hit her head hard enough to merit a trip to the urgent care doctor.

Yes, there was a small pea-sized spot of blood on her brain. She was taken to the hospital, and there she is as I write.

I ask you to pray for God’s hand to be on all of these things. There are many things to find out, to think about, to plan.

My mom’s main concern was how her situation would affect our upcoming trip to Japan. We are still planning.

Thank you for your consideration and your prayer!

The next few days will be a bit different from planned, but we KNOW God works ALL THINGS for GOOD, for them who love Him.

Love,

It is Mother’s Day, and a happy Mother’s Day to you moms.

God gave me a wonderful mother (and she is widely praised!), a wonderful mother-in-law (I am still blessed to have her in my life!). God gave me a daughter who is a wonderful mother, and two precious daughters-in law, both excellent mothers.

Can I be more blessed? I think not.

Cheri made a nettle cake. I love how she experiments with the “lilies of the field.” She decorated it with violets, and it was very tasty!

My son-in-law gave me a glass of Dandelion Blossom Tea. It was delicious!

Yesterday Ed took me out for coffee and cookies after a Hardware Store trip. We are putting in the garden. He insists on buying new seeds and not risking the 15 year old seeds I’ve had in the seed bin.

I am a risky gardener.

One of the best decisions I made after moving to this Corgi Hollows was to put in a “kitchen garden” right out the front door.

It beckons us daily, and is easy to care for. Some may say it is an eyesore, but I love it. Herbs thrive in the herb section, lettuces, lovage, and burnett reseed and grow in another section. The tomatos, cucumbers, zucchini, and squashes all take up the other portions. We’ve tried carrots and onions, various other vegetables. Perhaps the soil wasn’t exactly right, or the summer was too dry, too sunny…anyway, we stick to the basics these days.

Still, I am tempted by pretty seed packets. That is how I end up with a few that are almost ancient.

My oldest son brought his family out for a visit. I held my youngest grandchild. She is darling. The other two gave me a little jar of fru-fru French yogurt (so yummy!) and a small “frog” to hold wildflowers in the used jar. The frog has my granddaughter’s and grandson’s artwork on it—-she drew Corgis and strawberries on it for her “Omi,” my grandma name.

I am truly grateful and blessed for the love.

It is still chilly, so the blossoms are long-lived.

I heard from my Chinese son today bright and early. His wedding approaches quickly! The next few weeks will be flying by.

Psalm 23

the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want

He makes me lie down in green pastures

He leads me beside still waters

He restores my soul

Yay, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil

for Thou art with me

Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies

Thou anointest my head with oil

MY CUP RUNNETH OVER

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life

and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever

He who has ears, let him hear.

For so many years (my whole life) I’ve been interested in Bible prophecy. It requires knowing Scripture, identifying things that have already come to pass, and things to come.

It requires the time spent to watch current events, historical developments, and spiritual trends.

Generally we watch: Politics, Nature, Supernatural Interactions, and the Economy.

First and foremost we watch ISRAEL, as the Bible is all about Israel. Yes, it’s Christ Jesus’ story, HIStory, a Jewish man who lived two thousand years ago in Israel, WHO IS GOD INCARNATE.

Jesus is God, and that is the truth we must put our faith and trust in. He alone can save us from what is to come: death and destruction, hell and eternal fire.

The supernatural world is and always has been all around us, but as prophesied events start to unfold there will undoubtedly be interaction and manifestations on a global level.

So, tomorrow there may or may not be a type of disclosure about other-worldly interaction, but that is of little concern to the watchmen.

Watchmen have always expected the deception.

I do grieve, though.

As we approach the last days of earth as we know it (the thousand year millennial reign of Christ is nearing) I am saddened to see friends and family who have no clue about the huge deception coming. They have already been hoodwinked into being “woke” or liberal. Trump Derangement Syndrome blocks their reasonable abilities. They have swallowed the lies of the Evolutionists, the Frankfurt School Theologians and Philosophers, the Fabian Socialists, the current mainstream denominations and their inclusiveness. Marxist Socialism and Anti-Ice sentiment have clouded their thinking. They are globalists. They hate Israel. They hate the true God that created them. They have created a god in their own image and they gladly worship Him.

These things grieve me. I stick to being old fashioned and fundamental. I will read Scripture as it stands, English translation, (and German, and Spanish! I read the Chinese version at my Bible Study, I have a Turkish Bible. I have studied some Hebrew and Greek and looked at Scripture that way, too, in the past. I have dozens of translations and paraphrases on the shelves at Corgi Hollows!) and I will take it as literally and in context as possible.

There I stand.

What is about to happen in the world is all in context of Christ’s warning to the Jewish people.

Those of us who belong to Christ have a separate set of expectations: We are promised a precious verse. We are not appointed to wrath.

The coming war between evil and God will bring unparalleled destruction. The flood of Noah and the ark was beyond our imagination. What is coming is even more unbelievable!

Whose side are you on today?

Never has there been more division between Bible Believers and the World! It will get exponentially worse as family members will turn on each other, (as predicted) and life gets unbearable.

Brace yourselves! Those of us who identify as “watchmen” have been sounding the bell of warning for decades! We have been watching!

Get right with Jesus. Look for His coming! Believers have hope and joy in our future.

I do grieve for those I know and love that are riding the fence, haven’t repented of sin in their lives, and haven’t accepted Christ as Savior. I grieve for those that will be deceived by the evil one and his forces.

Are they saved?

I assume the Holy Spirit, the Restrainer, will hold His own chosen ones. I cannot be sure if they have truly submitted to Christ, so I just pray they will come out of the deception they believe, and fully place their faith in the way, the truth, and the life! Jesus is the only way to come to the Father.

When we stand before the throne of God we will answer for our lives. What a moment!

Did we follow Christ? Do we acknowledge that it is by grace alone that we are saved? Have we tried to honor and glorify God in all we do? Have we obeyed Christ’s commands? Did we believe deception?

Each of us may answer these questions. God will judge our deeds, our thoughts, our lives. Yes, we may be saved, but will God give us rewards? Will we reign with Him?

There are orders in heaven, orders in the supernatural realm, orders in the spiritual world. There are orders on earth.

Perhaps as things unfold in these last times we will recognize orders in a completely different way.

Last Saturday I saw the movie “the Story of Everything,” and the vastness of the universe is beyond my comprehension.

When I think of orders of magnitude I am stymied.

Orders.

Is your house in order?

Pentecost is coming. That feast is often associated with a Harpazo symbolism. May 24, 2026! Please come quickly, LORD JESUS! Come and fetch your bride, the church!

Are you saved? Are you waiting for the bridegroom with a lamp full of oil? Check out the parable of the 10 virgins in the New Testament.

MARANATHA!

This past week I got to see two films.

Yesterday I went with friends from my international Bible Study to see “The Story of Everything.” It is a Stephen Meyer film, and very well done. Years ago he helped produce a film called “Unlocking the Mysteries of Life,” and it was pivotal in leading several scholars to Christ.

I think this film has that potential as well. One cannot deny the evidence for a finely tuned universe, a finely tuned Earth, a finely tuned existence.

I strongly urge you to go, but go well-rested. The science is heady.

Also this week I saw a documentary/concert on film by a Japanese band that I was able to see in person last summer. “One OK Rock” is a band that’s been around for 20 years now. Taka, the singer, is an amazing talent. I don’t know how he can sing that way for over two hours. It is a performance of voice strength!

I am strangely touched by this band’s music, perhaps because it embodies a seeking soul that seems to understand the spiritual dangers of this world. As a believer in Christ I hear the cries that only Jesus can address.

So I am praying for them, all four band members.

They are on my snatch list.

Celebrating a marriage of an old friend today, on this beautiful May day. The third of May has always been an interesting day for me. Not a birthday, but significant. I always like to see what happens on this date each year.

The lovely month of May…

MARANATHA!