{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Whispering Spark","home_page_url":"https://whisperingspark.com","description":"Whispering Spark","author":{"name":"Whispering Spark"},"items":[{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/there-is-power-in-your-story","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/stock/W1QN5Rj\"/><p>There is Power in YOUR Testimony</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/there-is-power-in-your-story","title":"There is Power in your Story","summary":"There is Power in YOUR Testimony","date_modified":"2026-06-23T23:11:50Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/love-letters-from-jesus-do-you-see-what-i-see","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/AF6D20EB-AB81-4A7F-B246-B391FD20FE73.jpeg\"/><p>Dear Child</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/love-letters-from-jesus-do-you-see-what-i-see","title":"Love Letters from Jesus:   Do You See what I see?","summary":"Dear Child","date_modified":"2026-06-23T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/transformative-wellness-practices-a-guide-to-healing-and-hope","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/getty/949436702\"/><p>By Trish Graham & @Airo</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/transformative-wellness-practices-a-guide-to-healing-and-hope","title":"Transformative Wellness Practices: A Guide to Healing and Hope","summary":"By Trish Graham & @Airo","date_modified":"2025-10-18T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/times-seasons","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/XWJY4866.JPG/:/cr=t:0%25,l:0%25,w:100%25,h:100%25\"/><p>Each one of us is touched by the change in the season.  We speak of the winter when it is cold, and in the summer when it is very hot. We like the spring, because it is the greenest of the season after a barren winter se...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/times-seasons","title":"Times & Seasons","summary":"Each one of us is touched by the change in the season.  We speak of the winter when it is cold, and in the summer when it is very hot. We like the spring, because it is the greenest of the season after a barren winter se...","date_modified":"2025-10-16T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/just-give-me-jesus","html_content":"<img src=\"https://isteam.wsimg.com/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/AZJJ1891.JPG\"/><p>Just Give Me Jesus</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/just-give-me-jesus","title":"Just Give Me Jesus","summary":"Just Give Me Jesus","date_modified":"2025-10-16T16:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/this-light","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/7A397461-BEBA-447C-958E-DBFEFEF0BBE1.jpeg\"/><p>I woke up to these words bumping out in rap/bass type music... all of 10 min tops to write</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/this-light","title":"This Light","summary":"I woke up to these words bumping out in rap/bass type music... all of 10 min tops to write","date_modified":"2025-10-16T08:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/is-our-resolution-revelation-based","html_content":"<img src=\"https://isteam.wsimg.com/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/6be6896e-0f86-4414-b5ac-eb94b1fc68f3.jpg\"/><p>I continue my journey, day by day, as an imperfect, and in process, follower of The Way, Jesus Christ. Life is not easy, or charmed, or without its challenges and trials. Yet, as I look at the definitions of the words re...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/is-our-resolution-revelation-based","title":"Is Our Resolution Revelation Based??","summary":"I continue my journey, day by day, as an imperfect, and in process, follower of The Way, Jesus Christ. Life is not easy, or charmed, or without its challenges and trials. Yet, as I look at the definitions of the words re...","date_modified":"2025-10-14T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/fall-is-full-of-wonder","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/autumn-4579561__340-0001.webp\"/><p>Harvest time is a time for bringing in the crops, settling the books and preparing for the next planting.  Harvest time is a season of celebrating a changing season, a golden copper colored changing of the trees, a celeb...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/fall-is-full-of-wonder","title":"Fall is Full of Wonder","summary":"Harvest time is a time for bringing in the crops, settling the books and preparing for the next planting.  Harvest time is a season of celebrating a changing season, a golden copper colored changing of the trees, a celeb...","date_modified":"2025-10-13T08:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/just-be","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/AZJJ1891.JPG\"/><p>To be or not to be that is a question a quote from Shakespeare spoken by Hamlet and in that particular case he was referencing whether to stand up and fight or just die.  Hamlet’s speech encompassed his observation of wh...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/just-be","title":"Just Be","summary":"To be or not to be that is a question a quote from Shakespeare spoken by Hamlet and in that particular case he was referencing whether to stand up and fight or just die.  Hamlet’s speech encompassed his observation of wh...","date_modified":"2025-10-12T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/let-go-of-fear","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/fear.jpg\"/><p>Fear simply put is False Evidence Appearing Real.  I saw on a farm gate one time the sign that said </p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/let-go-of-fear","title":"Let go of FEAR ","summary":"Fear simply put is False Evidence Appearing Real.  I saw on a farm gate one time the sign that said ","date_modified":"2025-10-11T09:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/what-if-1","html_content":"<img src=\"https://isteam.wsimg.com/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/ATLK8569.JPG\"/><p>That day I know He sent an angel to speak the truth, to speak life to me, to comfort me, knowing without it I would lose my life.   I knew when I prayed in my spirit He was present, even though everything was so grim.  T...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/what-if-1","title":"What If????","summary":"That day I know He sent an angel to speak the truth, to speak life to me, to comfort me, knowing without it I would lose my life.   I knew when I prayed in my spirit He was present, even though everything was so grim.  T...","date_modified":"2025-10-10T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/kintsukuroi","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/563F5C04-B914-4C9C-B0DC-F2A07363C493.jpeg\"/><p>I learned a new Japabese word - “Kintsukuroi” - which includes a philosophy, or understanding that a person or object is more beautiful for having been broken... it got me to thinking how Jesus sees me. How He sees broke...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/kintsukuroi","title":"Kintsukuroi","summary":"I learned a new Japabese word - “Kintsukuroi” - which includes a philosophy, or understanding that a person or object is more beautiful for having been broken... it got me to thinking how Jesus sees me. How He sees broke...","date_modified":"2025-10-10T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/unexpected","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/WRTG8280.JPG\"/><p>This post is from my web page \"Share Your Story\" column.  I started the column to encourage others to write and share their story.  So when you are done reading, please consider sharing your uplifting story.</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/unexpected","title":"Unexpected ","summary":"This post is from my web page \"Share Your Story\" column.  I started the column to encourage others to write and share their story.  So when you are done reading, please consider sharing your uplifting story.","date_modified":"2025-10-10T08:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/life-is-changing","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/92F67FAA-A519-45C4-A741-D7AD6FA92AC8.jpeg\"/><p>I have been so excited at all the things that have just been blooming all around me, doors that are swinging wide open in a new chapter of my life.  New adventures that bring some skills out of mothballs, and others to t...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/life-is-changing","title":"Life is changing","summary":"I have been so excited at all the things that have just been blooming all around me, doors that are swinging wide open in a new chapter of my life.  New adventures that bring some skills out of mothballs, and others to t...","date_modified":"2024-10-05T14:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/put-on-the-whole-armor","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/whole%20armour.jpg\"/><p>This post is one of the hardest I have had to write in a long time.  Usually, by focusing only on the good  things in our nation I can somehow glide over the hard facts and land elsewhere, I find today I cannot.  In thes...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/put-on-the-whole-armor","title":"Put on the Whole Armor","summary":"This post is one of the hardest I have had to write in a long time.  Usually, by focusing only on the good  things in our nation I can somehow glide over the hard facts and land elsewhere, I find today I cannot.  In thes...","date_modified":"2024-10-03T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/love-letters-from-jesus-are-your-roots-deep","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/friendshipoak.jpg\"/><p>500 year old Friendship Oak, University of Mississippi, Long Beach, Mississippi</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/love-letters-from-jesus-are-your-roots-deep","title":" Are your roots deep?","summary":"500 year old Friendship Oak, University of Mississippi, Long Beach, Mississippi","date_modified":"2024-10-03T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/gods-love-letter-to-you","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/heart%20on%20fire.jpg\"/><p>An intimate Love Letter from God to you.</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/gods-love-letter-to-you","title":"God's Love Letter to You","summary":"An intimate Love Letter from God to you.","date_modified":"2024-10-03T02:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/update-to-august-4-2021","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/f3ab752e-f812-4e7e-a3e2-0cf86fbcdd1c.jpg\"/><p> Sixteen months ago, I wrote the previous post.  I was having considerable health challenges.  As I read it, in hindsight, (now being the week before Christmas of 2022), it amazes me how much the Lord has walked me throu...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/update-to-august-4-2021","title":"Update to August 4, 2021","summary":" Sixteen months ago, I wrote the previous post.  I was having considerable health challenges.  As I read it, in hindsight, (now being the week before Christmas of 2022), it amazes me how much the Lord has walked me throu...","date_modified":"2022-12-16T07:58:25Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/greater-love","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/WRTG8280.JPG\"/><p>It has been a challenging two months, many challenges and many blessings.  As many of you know I have really had a battle with my health of late.  What I know, no matter what it may look like or how I am asked to walk th...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/greater-love","title":"Greater Love","summary":"It has been a challenging two months, many challenges and many blessings.  As many of you know I have really had a battle with my health of late.  What I know, no matter what it may look like or how I am asked to walk th...","date_modified":"2021-08-04T21:40:12Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/happy-mothers-day","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/beautyforashes.jpg\"/><p>It is so hard to believe it is already May 8th.  At the beginning of the month, my oldest grandson celebrated his 26th birthday.  I remember the day he was born, watching him be cleaned up, so proud of my daughter and he...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/happy-mothers-day","title":"Happy Mother's Day","summary":"It is so hard to believe it is already May 8th.  At the beginning of the month, my oldest grandson celebrated his 26th birthday.  I remember the day he was born, watching him be cleaned up, so proud of my daughter and he...","date_modified":"2021-05-08T19:03:59Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/love-letters-from-jesus-surprise-me","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/beautyforashesflower.jpeg\"/><p>I have been fighting some autoimmune issues with my thyroid and trying to balance giving my body the right amount of immune support, but not too much so my thyroid isn't attacked like a foreign body, and it has been quic...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/love-letters-from-jesus-surprise-me","title":"Love Letters from Jesus: Surprise Me","summary":"I have been fighting some autoimmune issues with my thyroid and trying to balance giving my body the right amount of immune support, but not too much so my thyroid isn't attacked like a foreign body, and it has been quic...","date_modified":"2021-04-18T11:10:21Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/be-filled-with-the-joy-of-the-lord","html_content":"<img src=\"https://isteam.wsimg.com/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/VCRO6619.JPG\"/><p>It is so hard to believe that today is December 31, 2020! As I look back over this past year, I have to admit that for me, I am thankful for 2020. </p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/be-filled-with-the-joy-of-the-lord","title":"Be filled with Joy","summary":"It is so hard to believe that today is December 31, 2020! As I look back over this past year, I have to admit that for me, I am thankful for 2020. ","date_modified":"2021-01-01T05:46:43Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/the-year-2020-what-a-year","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/E09399A6-F786-4C1E-828E-DA1B4EE9F1FD.jpeg\"/><p>It is hard to believe it is already September 24, 2020 and we are two days into the official start of autumn. This year has been unlike any other I have ever experienced. </p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/the-year-2020-what-a-year","title":"The Year 2020, What a Year","summary":"It is hard to believe it is already September 24, 2020 and we are two days into the official start of autumn. This year has been unlike any other I have ever experienced. ","date_modified":"2020-09-25T00:24:14Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/we-will-never-forget","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/image%204%20911.jpg/:/cr=t:0%25,l:0%25,w:100%25,h:100%25\"/><p>It is September 11, 2020, 19 years since our country was attacked by international terrorists.  Almost 3,000 people died at the attack on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in a field not far from Camp David.  The ...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/we-will-never-forget","title":"We Will Never Forget","summary":"It is September 11, 2020, 19 years since our country was attacked by international terrorists.  Almost 3,000 people died at the attack on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in a field not far from Camp David.  The ...","date_modified":"2020-09-12T06:09:49Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/oregon-fires","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/smoke%20sky.jpg\"/><p>The past four days have found our county, Lincoln County, in Oregon filled with fire, with loss of life, and smoke so heavy with raining ash that it turned the skies orange.  I have watched as areas are evacuated from fa...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/oregon-fires","title":"Oregon Fires","summary":"The past four days have found our county, Lincoln County, in Oregon filled with fire, with loss of life, and smoke so heavy with raining ash that it turned the skies orange.  I have watched as areas are evacuated from fa...","date_modified":"2020-09-12T05:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/be-encouragedthings-are-about-to-change","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/if%20my%20people-0001.jpg\"/><p>Hope & Encouragement:  </p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/be-encouragedthings-are-about-to-change","title":"Be Encouraged..things are about to change","summary":"Hope & Encouragement:  ","date_modified":"2020-09-07T10:52:59Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/labor-day-2020","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/labor%20day.jpg\"/><p>Well, this is a Labor Day like none I have ever experienced in 60+ years.  Labor is basically shut down once again in our county as officials, out of fear of the coming flu season have refused to allow us to go to Phase ...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/labor-day-2020","title":"Labor Day 2020","summary":"Well, this is a Labor Day like none I have ever experienced in 60+ years.  Labor is basically shut down once again in our county as officials, out of fear of the coming flu season have refused to allow us to go to Phase ...","date_modified":"2020-09-07T10:43:10Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/emergent-neck-surgery","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/mobic.png\"/><p>Jan-June 2020</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/emergent-neck-surgery","title":"Emergent Neck Surgery","summary":"Jan-June 2020","date_modified":"2020-09-07T10:14:56Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/at-last-home-sweet-home","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/BXMI3652.JPEG\"/><p>I was so very grateful to finally have a roof over my head that was all mine, not having to share housing with anyone else. It had been 8 years since I last enjoyed my own place. You never know what a day may bring. My a...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/at-last-home-sweet-home","title":"At Last, Home Sweet Home","summary":"I was so very grateful to finally have a roof over my head that was all mine, not having to share housing with anyone else. It had been 8 years since I last enjoyed my own place. You never know what a day may bring. My a...","date_modified":"2020-09-07T09:51:20Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/i-cried-out-to-god-and-he-answered","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/EBZK6361.JPG\"/><p>June 2019</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/i-cried-out-to-god-and-he-answered","title":"I cried out to God and He answered","summary":"June 2019","date_modified":"2020-09-07T09:39:38Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/health-scare","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/scotch%20broom.jpg\"/><p>May 2019</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/health-scare","title":"Health Scare","summary":"May 2019","date_modified":"2020-09-07T09:33:34Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/another-move---waldport","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/WADF9119.JPG\"/><p>March 2019</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/another-move---waldport","title":"Another Move - Waldport","summary":"March 2019","date_modified":"2020-09-07T09:27:38Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/when-things-dont-work-out-as-planned","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/196c6796-3770-4b7f-b2c4-58d995abd5ee.jpg\"/><p>January 2019</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/when-things-dont-work-out-as-planned","title":"When Things Don't Work Out as Planned","summary":"January 2019","date_modified":"2020-09-07T09:20:52Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/what-if","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/FB_IMG_1470672848885.jpg\"/><p>That day I know He sent an angel to speak the truth, to speak life to me, to comfort me, knowing without it I would lose my life.   I knew when I prayed in my spirit He was present, even though everything was so grim.  T...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/what-if","title":"What If??????","summary":"That day I know He sent an angel to speak the truth, to speak life to me, to comfort me, knowing without it I would lose my life.   I knew when I prayed in my spirit He was present, even though everything was so grim.  T...","date_modified":"2020-09-01T08:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/oregon-bound","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/CSUY8060.JPG\"/><p>It has been a long time since my last post, I apologize it has taken me so very long to share my journey and my thoughts with you.  In September of this year, I followed my heart to Oregon, knowing I had to change my liv...</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/oregon-bound","title":"Christmas Updates","summary":"It has been a long time since my last post, I apologize it has taken me so very long to share my journey and my thoughts with you.  In September of this year, I followed my heart to Oregon, knowing I had to change my liv...","date_modified":"2018-12-15T04:01:38Z"},{"id":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/ode-to-joy","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/86291a95-2a30-435b-8535-32356bdab91a/ae37c32d-a6c3-46d8-bb9b-5dd1684738b4.jpg\"/><p>Children from the Happy Thoughts School</p>","url":"https://whisperingspark.com/blog/f/ode-to-joy","title":"Ode to Joy","summary":"Children from the Happy Thoughts School","date_modified":"2018-08-03T22:53:41Z"}]}