From a distance one could not see the pain in her eyes. No one noticed how her bottom lip quivered. How yesterday she had looked ten years younger. No, from a distance no one could see her torment. She had just lost her husband of fifty-four years. And was torn to...
God is often found in a book But is not the source of Him Sometimes the words are insufficient And we are only left wanting… Sometimes God is found in a storm And sometimes in a brilliant blue sky But often when we look, He’s not what we seek And we turn and pass him...
Through trials and temptations, Through sorrow and suffering, For this I have Jesus. Through pain and despair, Through fire and water, For this I have Jesus. Through the cross and the blood, Through death and the tomb, Through the resurrection and salvation, For this...
We fool ourselves. Believe ourselves to be attached fast to the leaf. But shaking in the wind, as blossoms on the branch; buffeted enough, we find ourselves, airborne. We fool ourselves. That it won’t be our turn. Comforting others, measuring out our careful wisdom....
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you”: I read it in Your Word, so I know 'tis true! But sometimes I stray... Things get in the way... And I don't experience the joy I once knew. “If God seems far away, guess WHO moved?” I read; And if I'm hungry? It's lack...
Faith, Love and Hope are at the heart of a Christian’s soul One without the other would not make Christian’s life in this World whole, So all three are needed to make him personally vibrant And his witness to the World gloriously radiant If a Christian ‘s life is...
Doubt can not be stopped, No matter how hard one tries. Disciples of Jesus doubted him Until they saw his cold corpse rise! At least ten of them were tortured to death, Accused of telling monstrous lies. Still, they stuck to their wild story. This, no historian...
He did not send a box of chocolates, nor roses that smell so sweet; But the gift that He sent to us, will last until once again we meet. A box of chocolates can disappear, and a rose will die on the vine; But the gift that God sent to us, It will last though out all...
Don’t forget, What is the enemy after, in the end? Our faith. And if our faith can falter,then we’ve lost the upper hand. Though hearts break around us,and lives are abruptly shortened; we must, with all the faith we can muster, draw courage again. We must live now...
There is nothing better than Your paths. Though we’ll stray and divert our ways, from Yours. Carry burdens not made for us, stumble on alone and not recall, the comforts of a companion for the road. Nowhere is more perfect than your paths. And because of Your love and...