Bonnie Zickgraf
My First Easter Sunrise Service
penned 4.22.2019, revised March 3, 2025 My twin sister had inscribed “Easter” on a stone two years before her death at sunrise Easter morning 1996. With the church’s permission, I laid the palm-sized stone at the foot of the outside cross for our Easter sunrise service this year, my first experience ever. It was very…
Read MoreDirect Gift from God in Noblesville, Indiana!
(revised Feb. 24, 2025; from July 31, 2019) I visited Noblesville, Indiana, today (July 31, 2019) in anticipation of closing on a home to complete the move north from Florida. I had already purchased a large backlit cross to hang on the wall, but I also wanted to get a new Bible for this new (old)…
Read MoreThe Parable of the Delivery People
Shipt has been delivering my groceries for approximately two years now. It saves a lot of time, especially now since I’m not fond of going to the stores, especially during COVID. I received a text from a young lady “Ameerah” telling me she was starting to shop for my groceries, but she was running a…
Read MoreThe Silence of God . . . Or Is It?
Many of us report from time to time that we can no longer hear God in our lives. He seems like a million miles away and is not listening to our pleas in times of trouble or sorrow. We feel disconnected, even angry, waning in our faith. We relate to the time during…
Read MoreForgiveness is Like . . .
Originally written 10.8.2019, rev.2.19.25 Forgiveness is like money. It’s much easier to receive it than to give it, right? It’s much easier to ask for forgiveness than to extend forgiveness to others who hurt us, isn’t it? And then there is sin. It’s everywhere! It’s a fact of life. It won’t just magically disappear. So,…
Read MoreReading Through The Red Parts
“ When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.” (John 14:3) NLT Oh, the words of divine comfort! (One of my newest favorite passages). As a kid, I remember the old family Bible sitting on an end table in the living room.…
Read MoreJonah Tries to Run Away
“1 The Lord gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.” 3 But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where…
Read MoreBonnie Shares Biblical Aspiration
I posted this question to social media one morning, “Which person in the Bible do you aspire to be like?” I promised my readers my personal response at the end of the day, and this is what I wrote. I aspire to be like the prostitute in the gospel of Luke 7. Here is part…
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