http://www.lisabogart.com/ A Hiker's Devotional Thoughts by Lisa Bogart en-us http://www.lisabogart.com/entries.asp?ENTRY_ID=132Working in a little retail shop there is down time. Sometimes I sit and look out the window onto the busy street as folks walk by. The other day I caught myself thinking of every person who walked by. I noticed to my horror I passed judgment on each person. "Awful hair" "Stupid...http://www.lisabogart.com/entries.asp?ENTRY_ID=131A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single footstep. A savings account grows from pennies in the bank. A hand-knit sweater starts by casting on the first stitch. Even cancer starts small when a few cells mutate. When I wonder how I will tackle a new job or project I have to remember this:...http://www.lisabogart.com/entries.asp?ENTRY_ID=130“It will be simple.” A statement like that makes you think whatever “it” is will be easy as well. Simple and easy are synonyms right? Maybe. I’ve been thinking lately they are not as closely related as I’d like to assume. Simple. I figure if something is labeled simple it will be easy. I...http://www.lisabogart.com/entries.asp?ENTRY_ID=129Jesus is the light of the world. It’s a metaphor he used over and over. He encouraged us to be a light in the world as well, not to hide our light under a bushel. I thought of this the other morning when a sunbeam hit my face. I was trying to sleep. I was in a hotel room with room darkening shades...http://www.lisabogart.com/entries.asp?ENTRY_ID=128The Planet Earth series was recently rerun and we enjoyed it on our big screen all over again. When presented with the marvels of creation any doubts I'm feeling about God fall away. I see things in nature so unknowable there can only be God as an explanation. It's easy, a no-brainer. I got to...http://www.lisabogart.com/entries.asp?ENTRY_ID=127Many things float through cyberspace and it's hard to tell where they come from and who wrote the lovely words we share with each other. I suspect many times it's a God thing. He uses every means available to get our attention. This came through my mailbox recently and it got my attention. I...http://www.lisabogart.com/entries.asp?ENTRY_ID=126“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” Benjamin Franklin I’d never heard this quote before. It gave me a giggle when I first read it. I envisioned someone racing around with a butterfly net chasing happiness through a meadow. Then I...http://www.lisabogart.com/entries.asp?ENTRY_ID=125My previous entry was about worrying. And then you will notice it's been months since I made an entry. What's up? Well I actually took my own best advice and turned my worry over to God in prayer. I even got a bunch of other folks to pray for me. And slowly things turned around, my worry...http://www.lisabogart.com/entries.asp?ENTRY_ID=124My son is a good student but he gets anxious. He works hard and more often than not gets his work done ahead of schedule. Wanting to do well is his over riding goal. But there comes a point sometimes when worry over takes him. He imagines disaster. Yesterday was such a day. Two big projects were...http://www.lisabogart.com/entries.asp?ENTRY_ID=123I sat in the dentist chair for a new crown. The process was not going well. Every time the dentist put the crown in to test the placement I could feel it. It didn’t fit. I was about to say it’s fine let’s not fiddle with it anymore when Dr. Bob told me that the human mouth is capable of detecting...