thanksgiving week

My week included a lot of travel. First, I went to Delaware for some turkey and food and family time. then I moved on to NJ and Phila. I visited some friends and drove back to State College. On Sat., I drove over to Lewisburg to see my good friends and hang out on the family farm. It is always fun to go there and enjoy the fresh air and wide open skies. One last trip was to good old Indiana, PA. I went to school there and stayed around afterwards. It is the place that I still call home in many ways. I love the people there and feel very welcome when I return.
Now, I am home again and back into the work of teaching and keeping up with students.

Amazing sites

This is me with my most beautiful Japanese maple in my front yard. I loved the way it looked this fall, so brilliant. And, yet not as brilliant as the Holiest of All. He really shines with great beauty and love. He is so amazing.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. We need to hunger for holiness. The Lord is holy. When we are in His Presence, the first thing we find coming out of our mouths is that "He is HOLY." That is the most distinguishing characteristic of the Lord. That is what He longs for us to be, "Holy to the Lord."

He is wholly different than us. He wants us to experience that kind of divine life. The life of holiness is a Heavenly life. It is a peculiar life. The Holy Spirit comes to impart that life to us, to help us walk in that way. The life of holiness is the way of the Lord.