Merit Badge

When I was a young girl I was privileged to be member of the Girl Scout program. My favorite part was earning the badges for all sorts of activities. But it wasn’t the experience I valued, it was the proof of completion that I really held dear. That little emblem showing I had accomplished the assigned task was…

A Change in the Landscape

“For I know the plans I have for you. . .”  Jeremiah 29:11 Huge earth movers circled around and around re-positioning the soil and rocks on the hillside. Water trucks followed wetting the earth for another pass by the big tractors. A surveyor placed stakes to show exactly what the designer had in mind when he…