"To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes." Isaiah 61:3 (KJV). I sold my house shortly before my husband and I were married five and a half years ago. I was going to temporarily move into an apartment, so I needed to eliminate many of the...
"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." (Eph 1:1-2) A couple of years ago, I was privileged to work with a dear old lady who...
I called to God He said you'll do Just follow my Son He'll lead you thru Leave behind your trivial sin The door is open Come on in But Father, I called My sins they are many No worries my child All is forgiven. Jeffrey McGovern
I think of you saviour With arms unfurled Nails driven deep In hands holding the world. I think of you saviour A spear in your side Wounded for our transgressions Your life ebbing as the tide. Fingers curled in pain Tears of blood on the ground Light of the world...
"And from among the priests: The descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai . . . These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean." (Ezra 2:61-63) So it was in the days of Ezra. The priests...
"The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate of the produce of Canaan." (Joshua 5:12) So often, when I have read children's versions of the battle of Jericho, I have had...
"…For the rains He sends are an expression of His Grace…" (Joel 2:23b) For two days we received rain as an expression of God’s grace. Many days during the late Summer, temperatures had skyrocketed to the century mark in the middle of the country where I live. The...
Back in the 1970's my home town started a festival called Old Joe Clark Days. It honored the man from there who was a bluegrass performer at Renfro Valley, Kentucky for many years. Since then the name of the celebration was changed to the Apple Festival. A civic...
There are MANY lessons that we can learn from the prophet Elisha. This is the fourth in a series, appearing in the next few Saturday editions of The Nugget, focusing on the life of this great prophet. "The men of the city said to Elisha, 'Look, our lord, this town is...
Grace that lasts forever. We hear sermons about it. We sing songs about it. But do we truly believe it? We all know that Jesus died on the cross to give us grace. But what about when we continue to sin? When we slip up--again!--can God's grace truly be unending? You...