"Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed." (Luke 20:18) I have always puzzled over this verse. I've read what the commentaries say on the subject, but a few days ago when I read this text anew, I was...
"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...
While she was fearing the shadows -that in her sight loomed larger than life,she held her back to the truth,not knowing the shadows were lies. While she was dealing in shadows - she wondered why all that she sold and bought, never appeared to sustain or fulfil her,but...
A moment a Christian is born again in God’s kingdom, His growth process begins, but his life is seldom free from pulls of flesh, world and devil’s fiefdom There is a constant battle with these three formidable foes And to resist them successfully he has to be on his...
Isaiah 10:27 Greetings! I am speaking to all of you women who might be reading this about what the Lord has placed on my heart and what has been related to me in my life for such a very long time. When we where little kids and our mother told us to go to our room and...
Some people hate change. I use to. I was comfortable were I was; I didn’t want to be uprooted. My husband would get promoted or make a change in his career and that meant the kids and I would have to change too. We would have to move, find new friends a new church and...
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...
Ephesians 4:15-15: "Speaking the truth in love let us grow up into all aspects of Christ." (Eph. 4:15) THE PROBLEM OF BECOMING MATURE IN MANY ASPECTS Many cultural, personal, or circumstantial obstacles are bound to stand in the way of anyone who wants to become...
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” (Gal 5:1) If you ask my golden retriever puppy her opinion on the subject, the very best part of her daily walk happens when I release...
Some dear old friends of mine returned for a visit with me this evening. There were so many of them ,in fact, that they wouldn’t all fit into my house. We had our reunion in my backyard then. It was only fitting too since that is where we have had all our best times...