"For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God". (Romans 3:23) My computer and I have a 'love/hate' relationship. I love it when the computer works and hate it when it doesn't. Recently Prof. Computer gave up the ghost completely making it necessary for me to...
"He will not let you fall; your Protector is always awake. The Protector of Israel never dozes or sleeps." (Psalm 121:3-4)My Keeper is always wide awake.Tiredness or drowsiness keep me from being awake and alert.God is awake, always available. He is never off duty...
When you come out of the darkness into a strongly lighted room, nothing comes clearly into focus because the light itself fills your eyes. The same thing was illustrated to us recently when my husband took a snapshot of sunrise breaking over a figurine standing on a...
Isaiah 40:11 shows us a perfect example of a shepherd: "He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are with young." When I was little I had a picture hanging on my bedroom wall...
Mordecai came with history. He was a Jew, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, so you couldn’t mistake who he was. He adopted the daughter of his uncle Abihail, a little Jewish orphan girl called Hadassah, or Esther as she was...
There are so many things we just don't understand. There are so many times we cry out to the Lord, “why?” Too often life seems dark and dismal, like there is no hope of things getting bright again. We get on our knees and pray...pray for the Lord to...
"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father . . . So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." (Matthew 10: 29,31 NIV) Several years ago, when my family's bird population...
During my elementary school days I went on several field trips to what you might call a theme park called Frontierland which was in western North Carolina. It was a big fort that you could go inside to see how the pioneers and Indians lived. The pioneers made forts to...
Last week, in Wilderness Instructions, Part 10, we learned that the veil in the wilderness is there to remind us of the atrocity of sin and the holiness of God. It helps us understand how incapable we are of working our way into God’s grace, and it helps us remember...
"For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6) During a trip to visit relatives we drove to a house on the edge...