The Dappled Path

 Quite some time ago I wrote a piece about wasp traps, and how we had them up and were catching wasps.  But a strange thing has happened, I ...

Today in my reading of the book of Genesis,  here is the somewhat disturbing story of Tamar, the daughter-in-law of Judah, the son of Jacob....

I am reading through the book of Genesis at this time.  Today I read about Dinah, the only daughter of Jacob who was the son of Isaac, who w...

Last Monday was a very trying day for my husband.  A few years ago a friend whom he thinks highly of was diagnosed with cancer.   Previously...

Yesterday I deleted this blog for the reason that a very undesirable site has linked itself with The Dappled Path.  My response is as it alw...

Ecclesiastes is a very difficult book, but this is what Chapter 2 said to me. Solomon has come to the conclusion that all earthly things t...

It is important to establish who wrote the book of Ecclesiastes for this book is all about man on this earth, and ends with the duty of the ...

I had heard of Kanye West's Sunday Services, but didn't know anything about them.  I just finished listening to a 12 minute impassio...

Psalm 112, begins with "Praise ye the LORD.  Blessed is the man that  feareth the LORD, that delighteth great in his commandments....

Psalm 108, a Psalm of David, is one of praise to God. This is another Psalm from which a beautiful chorus was written.  Here is the Psalm in...

Psalm 90 speaks of the LORD God as eternal, timeless and merciful.   This is a Psalm written by Moses. V1-2 "LORD, thou hast been our...

Psalm 51 is to me one of the most beautiful of Psalms, and is another one from which a chorus was written. This Psalm was written by David...

For the first post in November,  here are a few verses and thoughts from Psalm 37: V1-3 "Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neith...

Psalm 34 is one of my favorite Psalms. It is full of encouragement and comfort. If one were good at memorization, this Psalm is on...

This morning I have been thinking about Psalm 12. In this Psalm David is asking for God’s help from those that are flatterers. In my ow...

The Christian can never have peace by doing that which seems right in their own eyes. The Christian can only have peace by following the ...

Psalm 27 was written by David and V1 is one of the great verses in the bible.  "The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fea...

Psalm 25: A Psalm of Trust Since beginning my reading of the Psalms awhile ago, one thing I have noticed is that quite a f...

This unusual X was photographed from my back yard this morning.  There was a time when I got quite agitated when I sa...

Regarding the Lord Jesus when he was on this earth, something that bothers me is when I hear someone say that he was "stressed" i...

Here a few photos of part of our perennial garden after a light rain. First is an ornamental grass which is new this year.  It is a Feathe...

In my last couple of posts I wrote about how a lost cat came to our home and how I was able to find its owner and return the cat.  This lead...

Sometimes it is the simplest of things that brings a blessing and I am convinced that at times, God sends birds to encourage me. My last p...

I love cats.  In 2008 we adopted a beautiful 1 year old female Torbie (Tortoiseshell/Tabby) from a cat rescue.  She had been abandoned and w...

Last March my husband and I faced a challenge which was bad enough to cause me to go through something like the stages a person goes through...