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"To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens! ... Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt." (Psalms 123:1, 3-4 ESV)Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the...
"To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name." (Acts 10:43 NKJV)"For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly father will also forgive you." (Matthew 6:24 NKJV)I'm...
"We love because he first loved us." (1 John 4:19. NKJV)"The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?" (Psalm 118:6 NKJV)I have heard that statement a lot throughout the years. Not directed at me, most of the time. I heard it again yesterday and it...
"And He said to me, 'Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.' And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me. And He said to me, 'Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to nations of...
"For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." (2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV)"Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." (Isaiah 41:10...
After Bible college, I went to Malawi in the summer of 1986 on a short term mission trip, staying with a missionary couple in the city of Blantyre, and experienced their Christian ministry in that country. One day, the missionary families and visiting students...
"[He has sent me to] provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of...
"Then the Lord said, 'My Spirit shall not abide in men forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.'" (Genesis 6:3 ESV) "Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then disappears."...
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven." (Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV)"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." (Galatians 6:9 ESV) I was scrolling through Facebook yesterday when I...
Yesterday there was a mountain on my driveway. Literally!Early in the morning a dump truck dropped 7 cu yards of gardening soil just in front of my garage. It would have to be moved – shovelful by shovelful into a wheel barrow, and then shovelful by shovelful -- into...
On Tuesday, I told the story of how God moved my mountain -- literally! -- as my husband and I attempted to move 7 cu meters of gardening soil from our driveway to our new garden beds, one shovelful at a time, and all before the rains came.The garden beds were...
On Tuesday and Thursday this past week, I told the story of how we built garden boxes and filled them with dirt, and how this gave me a whole new perspective on mountain-moving faith and the faith that Abraham must have had when he left his home to wander in a foreign...
My son, a PhD student, had fallen behind on his research. Much of this was due to a major comprehensive exam that, complicated by the fact that the university closed down due to COVID-19, took almost two semesters to complete. As a result, he was unable to meet his...