"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" (Matt 6:26-27 NIV) I can remember the first problem I ever encountered as a boy. I had a loose tooth that...
"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight." (1...
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." (Ps 19:1 NIV) I am finding myself looking at the heavens a lot more these days. I am trying to watch and enjoy as many sunrises and sunsets as I can, and I am letting their beauty fill...
"These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full." (John 15:11-12 NKJV) Everyday life has taught me a lot of things over the years. It has filled me with hundreds of little lessons that have brought so much laughter into...
"Come and share your master's happiness!" (Matt 25:23 NIV) My oldest son loves to smile. In almost every picture of him from infancy to the present day, he has a huge smile on his face. He doesn’t just smile for the camera either. I notice that he also smiles at...
"Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy." (Ps 33:1-3 NIV) The birds are singing again...
"In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith-of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire-may be proved genuine and may result in...
"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience." (Col 3:12-13 NIV) Spring has definitely sprung here in the mountains of my home. As I walked in my yard this morning I heard a...
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." (Ps 139:14 NIV) With the arrival of Spring the forested mountains of my home have come to life once again. Everywhere I look I can see a thousand shades...
"But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,...