“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

@ourtinycottage

Latest Posts

  • Born to Shine

    Hearts full of love and laughter and life… Songs prompting our best and repose Awaits, rest we suppose, But life, more life, more love beckons us And love alone is what reckons us Believers … full of love and laughter… Continue reading

  • Awakening – from Hiding Counsel Without Knowledge

    unsplash-logoMichał Parzuchowski Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. -Job 42:3 Someone has said that ignorance on fire is better than knowledge… Continue reading

  • Bold Prayer

    God is our Heavenly Father who is always waiting up for us. His light is always on and His delight is to give us good gifts. That is who God is and His greatest delight is to give us the… Continue reading

  • When You Pray, Say …

    In these few sentences all the prayers we will ever need to pray are included. Continue reading

  • Spiritual Frustration

    Did you ever notice this frustrating reality? You clean up, fix up, or straighten up and it goes well for a while and then … you relapse into a worse state than before. There is a futility in constantly cleaning… Continue reading

  • One Needed Thing

    It may seem that what startles you out of bed at the last minute tomorrow morning is the most important thing in the universe. It will not come close to the value of a relaxed and unhurried time at the… Continue reading

  • Who Is My Neighbor?

    Go; live like an outcast among outcasts if you must, but practice love as you go. Love is not revealed in the words we speak or the sentiments we feel, but in the actions, we take in being neighbors to… Continue reading

  • Blessed Are the Eyes that See

      unsplash-logoNonsap Visuals   Luke 10:23-24   And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see… Continue reading

  • Isness

    unsplash-logoAustin Chan Days pass … weeks, months, years… decades slip away,Accelerating,Jubilating,Re-creating,Innovating life,Invention of our minds, Intention of our hearts,… or something else …. confiding ….Residing in our soul ….Guiding to some goal?Is there a whole in the hole …A purposeful… Continue reading

  • Mere Men – The Nations Must Know

    We have a God whose ways are not our ways and thoughts not our thoughts. He reverses the power of conventional wisdom and defies the accepted truisms of society to make His own order. He simply does not forget the… Continue reading

Get the newsletter, resources, & helpful tips in your inbox every week.

Subscribe