2 posts published by Stephanie O'Donnell during April 2025| The Light for My Path
3 posts published by Stephanie O'Donnell during August 2025| The Light for My Path
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.” Matt. 5:7 In my short life, there are many things I’ve forgotten, many which I remember vaguely, but only a few which I t…| The Light for My Path
2 posts published by Stephanie O'Donnell during March 2025| The Light for My Path
I have stored up your word in my heart,that I might not sin against you. (Psalm 119:11) I will meditate on your preceptsand fix my eyes on your ways.I will delight in your statutes;I will not forget your word. (Psalm 119:15-16) I surprised myself this summer. To make the most of my three-month summer vacation,… Continue reading The Blessing of Memorizing Scripture| The Light for My Path
Happy August to you, dear reader! I’m not sure where the last seven months have gone to, but here we are. It’s new day, a new month, and this is a new post here on the blog. Welcome! I’ve named this new regular post Truth Treasures, and I plan to send it live on the… Continue reading Truth Treasures – August 2025| The Light for My Path
Following in Dad’s footsteps “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” Matt. 5:6 Have you ever pined for something so much you thought you’d fa…| The Light for My Path
Bleeding heart in my garden I planted a new-to-me perennial in my garden last year, which bloomed for the first time this spring. Rows of tiny, delicate white flowers arched along drooping branches…| The Light for My Path
Today, I’ve escaped to my happy place. Cloaked in the humid salty air, I sit at the edge of the earth, where land cascades into the highest tide in the world. Waves lap at my toes, and seagul…| The Light for My Path
Training by gentleness – my daughter and one of her client horses. Have you noticed that God often leads us along unexpected, even surprising, paths? Take my daughter for example. She was alw…| The Light for My Path
Garden full of hostas after a rain; in black and white. This week, instead of a longer post, I have a written a few short thoughts on beauty, truth and life. May you be blessed in the reading of th…| The Light for My Path
“The earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the waters.” Psalm 24:1-2 By right of creation the earth is the LORD’s. The sun, moon and stars precisely order our days, months, seasons, and years. The… Continue reading The Earth is the LORD’s| The Light for My Path
Golden Alberta field ready for harvest. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Matt. 5:4 I waited in my car for the early September frost to melt from my view and grimaced as I…| The Light for My Path
“Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.” Is. 53…| The Light for My Path
Blessed are the poor in spirit Our hearts long for true happiness don’t they? Like participants in The Amazing Race we go to great lengths to seize an elusive prize, and chase clue after clue with …| The Light for My Path