"Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers." (1 Timothy 4:16) "Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life that God...
"O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" (Psalm 8:1) One summer my husband and had an opportunity to visit one of our beautiful national parks. Our camera wasn’t new, but I never had learned all the ins and outs of it. Good thing it had an...
"Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two...
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. Psalm 105:4 Things didn’t go quite like I’d planned today. “Imagine that,” I thought. Well, if there is one thing in life we can be certain of, it’s change. When our kids were growing up, I recall feeling...
".....and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints." (Revelation 5:8) I was hurriedly trying to retrieve Email I had deleted by mistake. No such luck. It was gone from that big E- mailbox in the sky. I was reminded of old...
Everybody’s a celebrity in somebody’s eyes. The high-profile, obvious ones might be athletes, olympians, singers, or movie stars. It could be a mom or dad to a young child, or perhaps an older sibling. Maybe a student would have a teacher filling that role, or a ball...
"The Lord...heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." (Psalm 147:2-3) Peggy and Bill invested their lives in others. They worked tirelessly defending children in the court system, kids who had no one to help them. One clear, sunny day around noon, their...
"We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but...we have one (Jesus, the Son of God) who has been tempted in every way, just as we are." (Hebrews 4:15) This afternoon I was waving my arm back and forth underwater, hoping the...
As my husband says, ants always seem to find me and, I have a fascination with them. They are pretty interesting insects. I’ve written about them a couple of other times and how I can never seem to be rid of them. This morning they were in the sink. I could not tell...
"The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand Psalm 121:5 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings." (Psalm 36:7) Sometimes our summers (and falls!) Are cookers. I have...