GUEST BLOGGER

Please join me in welcoming my guest blogger today, Debbie Wilson. I met Debbie online first, because we had mutual writing friends, but then figured out we both graduated from the same college, Georgia Southern University! I enjoy her writing, and I know that you will also. I'd planned to share this post on my site at some point, and, with Hurricane Dorian on the prowl, this weekend seemed like the appropriate time! Delight in and be challenged by her writing, then check out more of her words on her own blog, Refreshing Faith.

How a Storm’s Anger Revealed God’s Angels

On a Wednesday evening my daughter Ginny opened a letter saying her insurance agency had suspended her comprehensive and collateral car coverage. Her records showed continued withdrawal payments to her insurance agency. She figured the notice was a mistake.

CONSIDER THE DEVIL'S WALKING STICK
by Julie Lavender

My early morning walk took me past a small stream, and just on the other side, I noticed the prickly-stemmed Devil’s walking stick standing resolute and firm in the bright sunshine.

Named aptly for the sharp, menacing spines all along the trunk, the Devil’s walking stick is a shrub or small tree that grows native in the southeastern United States. Armed with unforgiving prickles on the trunk, the upper portion offers green leaves, late-summer flowers, and juicy black berries.

GUEST BLOGGER

Please welcome my guest blogger, Adria Wilkins. I first met Adria at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, and her JOY was evident with the first introduction. Her smile is never-ending, and her kindness extends to everyone around her. It's no wonder her newest book is entitled, The Joy Box Journal.

After suffering the unthinkable - the death of her son, three-year-old Blake, Adria found that Jesus sustains, and evens surprises His followers with joy. She shares that "joy" with readers in her book that just released in late July. 

Read her post below about a tender moment with her married kids' dog, then check out her bio and more information about her delightful book. 

CONSIDER THE BUTTONBUSH

by Julie Lavender

On a recent afternoon at our family riverhouse, my husband and I paddled downstream and wandered along the banks in a couple of places. One of my favorite shrubs along the water’s edge is the buttonbush.