by Darlene Schacht | Jun 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
As I got to reading Luke Chapter 1, I couldn’t help but stop at verse 13. But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. (Luke 1:13, KJV) “Thy...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 28, 2021 | Scattered Seeds
I’m back! It feels like I’ve been gone forever, but I think it’s been five weeks. During this time, I’ve come awfully close to finishing the Bible study, and I will have details on that one soon! This time away has helped me to get my ducks in...
by Darlene Schacht | May 14, 2021 | Scattered Seeds
Drawn from my archives In one of his sermons, Charles Spurgeon shared a parable of a man from the East who came upon a mountain. Looking down from the mountain, he saw the sun shining brightly on a river stream. It looked beautiful from afar, but as the old man made...
by Darlene Schacht | May 13, 2021 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
Growing up I shared a room with my sister. For a while there, we even shared the same bed. My cousins had four girls to a room–two in each bed. That’s just how it was back then. Big families made do. With seven girls in the house, and one...
by Darlene Schacht | May 12, 2021 | Scattered Seeds
There’s a song that we used to sing back in the day, and maybe you know it too. It goes like this, “It only takes a spark to get a fire going, and soon all those around will warm up to it’s glowing…” My sister Bonnie and I used to sing...