by Prasanta | Mar 25, 2019 | devotional, Devotions, Gifts, Lent, Purpose, Work
Below is a devotional I wrote for Eastbrook Church Lenten Devotional series. I hope you enjoy it and it blesses you. Read Romans 12:1-8 Some years ago, my mother gifted me with a handmade quilt. The quilt is a log-cabin design, with rectangular strips...
by Prasanta | Jun 23, 2013 | Faith, Gifts, Rainy Days, Schedules, Summer
I love thunderstorms and rainy nights in the summer. Rain in the summer is lovely, dramatic, soft, cozy. It isn’t threatening (usually). Rain in the summer seems to belong. I imagine water droplets plopping in a lake, and rain soaking deep down in dry and gritty...
by Prasanta | Dec 10, 2012 | Gifts, God's love, One Thousand Gifts, Thankfulness
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17 When the sun is shining full and bright above, and the sun’s light falls upon me, it casts a shadow. If there...
by Prasanta | May 16, 2012 | Family, Gifts, Giving, God's love, Love, Mothering, Mothers, One Thousand Gifts, Receiving, Teaching Children
My birthday was last week. I am driving the kids somewhere when they ask me a question: “Mom what do you want for your birthday? What kind of cake do you want?” Nice questions, no? I could have said, “It doesn’t matter. Anything is fine. Give...