Guilty. I confess that often I overlook the gift of gratitude. “Where are the avocados?” I asked hubby as I emptied the grocery bags on the kitchen counter. “OOPS…I knew there was something I forgot,” he said. Forgot? He knows life isn’t life for me without my green,...
"Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations." (Ps 100:4-5) Did the season of Thanksgiving ever make...
Tis Thanksgiving My eyes viewed the sea of Autumn that lay before us, and I pondered the hearts of the first Pilgrims. Surely, they must have stopped all their busies and chatter, their new adventures and clatter, to give thanks for safety and the magnificence of...
I thank You Lord for each new day that You have given me; so bright it is from dawn to dusk cause You beat Calvary. It started on The Christmas Day they laid You top the hay;You came to save the world from sin and taught mankind The Way. Your years were short,Your...
"Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." (1 Thess 5:18 NIV) "Why are you smiling?", my daughter asked me the other day. It was too complicated to answer her right away. I had been lost in thought. I had been thinking about my...
The book of Numbers brings us a very interesting story, one that we are all familiar with: The story of the serpent that Moses raised up in the wilderness. The Children of Israel had once again become disheartened, and they cried out against God and Moses: "Why have...
Last week, in The Nehemiah Solution, Part 5, we saw that God has a mission for each of us. For some, it is across the ocean. For some, it is across town. For some, it is right next door. But we have now come to the place in Nehemiah's story where the wall is...
Last week, in The Serpent in the Wilderness, Part 2, we saw that though God doesn't always "remove" our problems, but He always provides a way out. That "way out" comes by looking to the cross, where Jesus was "lifted up." We have hope because Jesus laid down His life...
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matt 11:28) I learned an important lesson last week. Two years ago, I got aboard God's train. My path had led me down into the valley of cancer, and I knew there was no way in the world I...
I sometimes like to play this mental game: What if my home and goods were destroyed by flame? What if I were falsely accused and treated by everyone with disgust and shame? What if my family and each friend, Met an agonizing end? What if I shuddered in prison...