Category: Friday Flowers

Welcome to the 5th season of Flowers for the Pastor’s Wife. We exist to serve pastors’ wives in North America who live in rural places…

View More Hope and Patience

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 The best surprise I ever pulled off was…

View More A Coffee Pot of Hope

In a year that has built more walls than bridges, the mission of the Church is never-changing. God’s clarion call to reach the lost and…

View More Creative Hospitality During a Pandemic

I threw up a prayer in frustration, “Lord, just help me find it!” I couldn’t find my Bible study workbook. I knew that I had…

View More Feeding Us the Bread of Eternal Life

Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not…

View More A New Flute

There are days when trouble seems to come knocking from the minute I crawl out of bed. It can be little, insignificant things like not…

View More A Promise for Troubled Times (A HOPE-Filled Scripture)

Every spring the weather app on my phone suddenly becomes an object of intense scrutiny. I’m longing for the sunshine, the spring temperatures, and for…

View More Hope Rises When You Know What Comes Next

11 Seek the Lord and his strength;     seek his presence continually! 12 Remember the wondrous works that he has done,     his miracles and the judgments…

View More Remember

God has placed patterns and examples around us to teach the virtue of hope. As parents, we journey with our little ones, seeing God acting…

View More Donuts and Disappointments: Teaching Our Preschoolers About Hope 

We had finished supper, nearing the end of a long day. Two children were on my husband’s lap with the third vying for a spot.…

View More Hope for Married Sinners