Author Archives: The Pearl Community

🕯️ Today we light the Christ candle. This white candle symbolizes purity and light. It reminds us of the reason we celebrate on Christmas Day—a baby, a Savior, the Light of the World! “And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” AndContinue reading “A Birth-Day Celebration”

🕯️This week we light the fourth Advent candle. This purple candle stands for the Gift of Love, given from a Holy God—Love sent to Earth, His Name is JESUS. As we light this candle, we remember that because Jesus came and gave His life for each one of us, now we can receive the LoveContinue reading “Love & Adoration”

🕯️This week we light the third candle of Advent. This pink candle symbolizes the joy of our salvation and reminds us that as Christ came into this world as a baby, now we can experience the joy of His presence forever. You have multiplied the nationAnd increased its joy;They rejoice before YouAccording to the joyContinue reading “Joy & Expectation”

🕯️This week we light the second candle of Advent & it reminds us that as we wait for Christmas day to arrive we can experience peace along the way. As the candle is lit —may our hearts burn with Hope & Expectation, Peace & Preparation. Of the increase of His government and peaceThere will beContinue reading “Peace & Preparation”

🕯️ This week we light the first candle of Advent. We set aside this time each year to prepare our hearts not only for celebrating and receiving, but for reflecting on what The Father has given—hope and faith, peace, love & joy. The people who walked in darknessHave seen a great light;Those who dwelt inContinue reading “Hope & Expectation”

My husband & I love to walk in our neighborhood, the architecture of the older homes spark great conversation. He notices structure—I notice beauty. Did their grandma always plant sunflowers in her garden? Was turquoise her favorite color as a child? Did he always dream of a home like this… All the while he’s overContinue reading “Lasting treasure takes time…”

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend… Proverbs 7:4 I was delighted to find out the writer of Proverbs valued the character & essence of a woman. The father (Solomon) counsels his son to have a deeply connected relationship with the Word of God as one would with hisContinue reading “Wisdom you are my sister…”

Sitting here this morning on my veranda I’m surrounded by little treasures that remind me of my granny. The glider my grandpa bought her, the painted rocks that we all painted for her garden, fresh blackberries, ivy that covered the back of their stone house, flowers—always flowers… She would’ve loved today, a cool summer morningContinue reading “Treasures New & Old”

The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price {Matthew 13:45-46} Hidden Treasures series, The Pearl Community “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.” Matthew 13:45-46 /// The birthstone for JuneContinue reading “Lessons From a Pearl”

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.” Matthew 13:34-35 The Parable of the SowerContinue reading “Pushing Seeds”