by Starr | Sep 18, 2019 | Devotions, Simply As I See It
“If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.” —Psalm 139:9-10, NIV Are you a good passenger? I hate to admit it, but I can be a Nervous Nellie when someone else is...
by Starr | Sep 4, 2019 | Simply As I See It
That tree is dead. It should be taken out. Cut down. Destroyed. It mars the landscape. Is an unsightly distraction from the beauty that surrounds it. Then— a whisper rises in my spirit. “Oh, but you’re wrong. Its towering, leafless branches offer a resting...
by Starr | Aug 29, 2019 | Simply As I See It
Today is a gift. Its possibilities limitless. What stories will these pages tell? Where will these feet go? Let it be said that I depended on God’s boundless grace and not my finite wisdom, that I saw God’s desire for me and welcomed it, that I moved forward even when...
by Starr | May 2, 2019 | Simply As I See It
This butterfly which showed signs of being torn and battered by life paused briefly to remind me … It’s still flying! Perhaps, like me, you sometimes need to be reminded that though we’re surrounded and battered by troubles, and we’re not much to look at,...
by Starr | Apr 25, 2019 | Simply As I See It
Whenever I see pigeons, I think of my dad. He loved to raise the racing variety. There were times when he would put several in a cage, drive a long way off and release them. Over the next day or so, he’d spend time sitting on the well house watching the sky for their...
by Starr | Jul 13, 2018 | About Starr, Simply As I See It
My Swinger Years I’m a third-generation artist, and for an artist a camera is an indispensable tool. I purchased my first camera in high school―a Polaroid Swinger manufactured in the late ‘60s. It sold for $19.95. The Swinger developed black and white photos on the...