Feel like God doesn’t have time to care about our worries? Wrong!
He Welcomes Your Worries
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Comfort
Wipe Out!
Feeling the need to rest for a while? Elijah would have understood…
Waiting Under His Wing
"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." (2 Corinthians 4:8-9 KJV)A most difficult thing for me to deeply comprehend is that a loving God allows troubles into...
Grief
"The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit."(Psalm 34:18 ESV) "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed...
Brokenhearted
"The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit."(Psalm 34:18 ESV) "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."(Psalm 147:3 ESV) I believe that everyone, at one time or another, has been brokenhearted. I know I have. I don't like the...
ADVENT DEVOTIONS: Singing for Joy
"And Mary said, 'My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for He has looked on the humble estate of His servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is...
Saddness
"The righteous cry out and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." (Psalm 34:17-18 ESV) "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." (John 14:18 ESV)I...
Scars From Heaven
"We love because he first loved us." (1 John 4:19 ESV)"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." (John 15:12 ESV) I took my monthly road trip this morning. I was thinking about some dear friends who lost a loved one this week, when this...
PADRE4U
It was one of those days. Besides being in the midst of the COVID pandemic, everything I touched seemed to go bad. I was tired, and I was more than a little bit grumpy. The kicker, however, was when I got to the checkout counter at the local grocery store, mask and...
I Lost a Friend Today…
I lost a good friend today.Funny how I can say he was a good friend, when I had never met him in person. But his gentle kindness transcended the 5000 km that lay between us, infiltrating the email room with love and acceptance.I'll admit, I've shed more than a few...