"I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys." (Song of Solomon 2:1 NIV) I had to do a double take when I read this the other day. I mean, we are told to be humble, right? To not flaunt ourselves? But this woman, whoever it is that Solomon is writing about in the...
Okay, it's a year since the Brexit News, when the majority in Great Britain voted to sever it's ties with the European Union (EU), hit the media headlines. Amazingly, however, at least at the time this was written, the Brexit News doesn't seem to be in any hurry to...
Continuing our series entitled "Brexit and all that", today we focus on a few more priceless benefits of being "in Christ"... Father... "So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith..." (Gal. 3:26 NIV) Not only are we treated as "faultless" in the eyes...
In the concluding part of our series entitled "Brexit and all that", we shall cast the spotlight on a few more priceless benefits of being "in Christ"... Family... "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all...
Last Saturday, in "Decorating for Christmas, Part 3", we learned from looking at the lights on the Christmas tree that a tree is only pretty when all the lights are working. In the same way, we are made to shine forth Jesus in every aspect of our lives so that we can...
Two days ago, the Nugget featured a piece written by Nugget writer Elizabeth Prize, from "down under" in Australia, entitled "Pot Plants". In this devotional, Mrs. Price describes how the scrubbing of her blue and white flower pots compares to the scrubbing that Jesus...
I think the word 'Fox' became very popular after the brothers from Norway put a significant effort of making a groovy song, 'What does the Fox say?' Now the word 'Fox' in Norwegian simply means Marijuana, and I assume if anyone takes the 'fox', they go...
"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...
My Child, I know everything about you. I know when you sit down and when you rise up. I am familiar with all your ways (Ps 139:1-3). You were made in my image (Gen 1:27). In me you live and move and have your being; for you are my offspring (Acts 17:28). Even the very...
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...