Pondering His Creation

Just Outside the Window

May 7, 2007 Filed Under: Pondering His Creation

If I ever wrote myself into a story I would have to live in a house with a lilac bush outside our bedroom window so the evening breeze would carry the scent of lilac into the room as I say goodnight to the Lord and drift into sleep.

It is springtime now and I am thinking about things like that. This is our first spring in our house here in Hinsdale. I’ve been away some. The other morning was a glorious, sunny, spring morning. I was getting dressed and Lois opened the blinds. The sun shone in. The pines were noisy with birdsongs. To my delight, just below or second-floor bedroom window, at the corner of the stone patio was lilac bush in full flower.

A few years ago someone took the time to plant a lilac bush at the corner of the patio, just under our bedroom window. This spring it is ours to enjoy. It is my goal in life to nudge everyone I meet a little closer to the Lord Jesus, to lead as many to Christ as I can and spend my life obeying the commands of Christ and teaching others to do the same. Today I would like to plant some things and get some things started that will bring fragrance and beauty into the lives of others for years to come.

Ken Pierpont
Brook Place
Hinsdale, Illinois
May 7, 2007

Giving: A Rare and Wonderful Gift

December 18, 2005 Filed Under: Christmas Stories, Pondering His Creation, Read Aloud Stories

There is such joy in giving. I had just a taste of it when I was young.

When I was about fourteen years old I made fifteen dollars a week delivering the Dayton Journal Herald Monday through Saturday morning. In my neighborhood was a small store with bikes and toys and hardware called Western Auto. I was browsing in the store one day about a month before Christmas and my eyes fell on something I had always wanted myself when I was younger. It was an electric football game. This was long before realistic and reliable computer games were introduced. But the television commercials made those electric football sets look irresistible. They had little plastic men on tiny plastic feet the moved when the board vibrated.
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Thanks Door

November 22, 2005 Filed Under: Pondering His Creation

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Two of the young ladies in our Verity Program have covered their door with little “post-it” notes. Each of these notes has something for which they are thankful. Bright kids, don’t you think. Reminds you of Deuteronomy 6 “You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”

When Your Father Says, “I Love You.”

October 18, 2005 Filed Under: Pondering His Creation

Autumn passes so quickly I always want to savor every minute of it. It comes and goes so fast that I often feel like I don’t have enough time to get out in it and drink it in. But Sunday was an exception. After church we enjoyed the cool day and the bright sun and the brilliant colors of Michigan. We took more pictures than any family ought to have of themselves. Pictures are a good excuse to go to beautiful places.

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