"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...
"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...
"Jesus said to her, 'I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?' She said to Him, 'Yes, Lord; I believe that You are the Christ, the Son...
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV)"Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that...
"Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life." (John 5:24 NIV)"To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. A time to be...
"Then the Lord said, 'My Spirit shall not abide in men forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.'" (Genesis 6:3 ESV) "Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then disappears."...
"And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And He said to His disciples, 'Sit here while I pray.' And He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. And He said to them, 'My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain...
"Now when the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind ... Elijah said to Elisha, 'Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me as far as Bethel.' But Elisha said, 'As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.' So they went down to...
"If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith...
I'm living the new normal! No one said that life was easy, and honestly, this journey without my husband is anything but easy! However, Christ encourages us with these words:"I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many...