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Monday October 20, 2025 – What is the flavor of your fruit?

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Galatians 5:22-23   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. I grew up in southwestern Michigan which is an area that has been known … Continue reading →

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Friday August 29, 2025 – The Old Testament and the Southern Magnolia tree

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Psalm 119:130  The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. An interesting insight occurred to me recently.  It connects the Old Testament to Southern Magnolia trees.  In this insight, the attributes of the tree are reflective … Continue reading →

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Thursday June 26, 2025 – Dealing with the “wilting” around us

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Proverbs 12:25  An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up. For a season I worked at Wal-Mart in the GardenCenter.  The spring and summer were really busy times and we had thousands of plants … Continue reading →

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Sunday May 18, 2025 – Keeping the ‘weeds’ out of our lives

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Don Schmidt

1 Corinthians 15:33  Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” When we look out the kitchen window we see the garden I wrote of yesterday.  The roses and iris are in full bloom and they are so beautiful.  … Continue reading →

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Saturday May 17, 2025 – Weeding the garden of my life

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Mark 4:7  Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled among the weeds and nothing came of it. It’s amazing how many weeds have flowers.  I’m not talking about the ones that you see along roads … Continue reading →

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Sunday March 2, 2025 – The important lesson from our white and pink dogwood tree

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Don Schmidt

James 1:27  Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. I would like us to focus on … Continue reading →

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