Heidi Viars

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Recent Blogs

  • Snow Boulders

    Here in Wisconsin each season of the year is distinct with its beauty and challenges. For a person who loves to be outside walking and hiking, winter can be harsh and downright cruel. The weather has no problem locking pour souls in cozy prison, along with their wanderlust. I don’t do well, having to stay… Read more

  • Knowing God

      “Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the balance because he shows us both God and our own wretchedness.”    Blaise Pascal Read more

  • Listen

    I just wanted to get in and out. The store down the road was so convenient, specially for running in after supper for a quick dessert. It was getting late. I was looking forward to finishing the evening chores and getting rest. I headed straight for the produce and knew exactly what I wanted. Then… Read more

  • Completely Loved and Fully Known

    Just recently I had to stop in the store. Before walking in, I sensed the Lord telling me to “see people with His eyes”. I prayed and asked Him to help me with this and went into the store. As I gathered the things I needed, I was trying to figure out what He wanted… Read more

  • Tears

    Tears are vast as an ocean is deep come from children, and mothers, from the hungry, the weak. Tears are abundantly flowing each day. They pour from our  hearts … drain our souls as we pray. * In repentance we shed them, in anger, in pain, in sorrow of death, flow from hurt and from… Read more

  • AT THE END OF THE DAY

     (Just recently my friend, who inspired this poem died. After visiting him in the nursing home several months ago, these words came to me on the way home, while God displayed a marvelous sunset in the sky… it made me wonder…) * What do I own at the end of the day, When the sun… Read more