Meet My Friend, Barb!

Hey friends,

Would you please hop over and visit my friend, Barb, and say a prayer for her and Johnny please.  Even though she is going through "the valley of the shadow of death," you will find yourself coming away from her blog encouraged and uplifted.

She is a great writer and communicator--I love her "shiny" moments.

Here is the link--

Would you please consider leaving her an encouraging comment.  She shares them all with "her Johnny."

Thank you so much.

Renewal Ranch Update

God is blessing us so much at Renewal Ranch but I continue to covet your prayers for this organization, its leadership, volunteers and residents. We want God's holy presence to reside over the Ranch and nothing but His will to be done there.

Prayer meeting at the Ranch last night--a wonderful time of sharing, caring and prayer--thank you, Lord!

Some cute little birdhouses some of the guys are building--we have some great carpenters in residence.

the one they made for me

Every time I see this logo on the side of it, I will remember to pray for the guys and their quest for victory through Jesus.

Thank you dear friends for every prayer you have sent our way.  It means the world to us.

Where Were You?

Saw this picture on Facebook of my granddaughter walking on the beaches of Maine and and I messaged the friend who took it and asked her if I could use it--

The ocean always makes me realize how small I am and how large my God is.

I love Job 38--

Here is a portion.........

“Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

 when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,

 when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,

 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;

 here is where your proud waves halt’?


 On a sad note-- Yesterday my husband said, "Come here and look at the hawk on our hanging fern." We have four on the front porch.

My heart immediately sunk and I yelled, "Oh no, he is after my baby birds."

Sure enough I went out and they were gone--I live in the middle of the city--can you believe it?

They were hanging up high so I wasn't worried about predators.

How do any baby birds ever live to become adults--heart broken!

BTW, if we have been blogging friends for a while, please feel free to "friend" me on FB--I feel like I keep up with my friends there much better than with blogging. I am listed as Dianne McDaniel Hogue.

Fly High Today!

On Tuesday of this week I walked out on the front porch to water my ferns--I noticed that a small bird flew quickly away.

I didn't think anything of it until AFTER I had watered them.  The ferns are hanging so I took the fern down to examine it.

Sure enough there were baby birds that looked like they had just hatched--they were pink and didn't have a feather or hair on them that you could tell.  I wish I would have gotten a picture that morning but didn't.

When I went out later in the day they looked like this--

and like this yesterday............

These pictures remind me of how helpless and hopeless we are apart from the Lord but with Him we can do all things--even spreading our wings and flying to heights we would have never dreamed possible.

Fly high today dear friend.

Need Your Prayers

Dear Friends,

My granddaughter, Kailey, was in a bad wreck today on I-40--flipped and totaled her car.  It appears that she is okay other than a broken nose, cuts and bruises.

Her wedding is about 5 or 6 weeks away and I know she will be concerned about the looks of her face.

Please pray for her peace and that she totally trusts God with this.

We are so grateful that her physical injuries are minor and pray that the emotional ones will be also.  I have been in a couple of bad car accidents and the emotional scars from them can be brutal.

Thank you so much for your prayers.

I love all of you,
Dianne