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"Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever." (Psalm 107:1) "... give thanks in all circumstances..." (1 Thessalonians 5:18) Turkey. Pilgrims. Indians. Cranberry jelly. Don't forget the pumpkin pie! Parents, spouse, children, family, home,...
"Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord." (Acts 3:19) Showered and pressed, I felt fresh as a crisp autumn morning. I arrived at the airport early. With few people in line at that hour,...
As I sat on the porch of our rental condo at Ponte Vedra Beach recently, I saw an awesome sight. Swimming in the Atlantic, close to shore, were schools of dolphin. Each group had quite a few fish in it, and the multiple number of schools was unbelievable. I spotted...
"Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD." (Psalm 150:6) One Sunday, in early December last year, we drove up to a small town in the northern part of the state. As we pulled in the little church came into view. Some paint was needed, but its...
"The Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says, 'Only in returning to me and waiting for me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength.'" (Isaiah 30:15) Sounds like the two dwarfs who didn’t make the cut for the snow white movie. Drippy and...
"Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. What benefit...
"Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by man." (2 Corinthians 5:1 NIV) The safety, security and stability of anything on earth is not guaranteed. There is so much uncertainty...
There were numbered, random dots all over the page. They had no form and no substance and they made no sense. They were just scattered dots on a blank page and they had to be connected to reveal the picture hidden in them. I can remember bending all my energy and...
"Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen." (Psalm 72:18,19) The morning dawned bright and clear. We'd barely gotten onto the...
We drove along a dirt road for about fifteen minutes. Right along the fence line of the farm paddocks on one side of the road were remnants of tall, wooden telephone poles. I remembered when the telephone system reached the area and what a blessing it was to the...
‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.' (Jeremiah 33:3) "The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth." (Psalm 145:18) We could hear it before we could see it. One lone goose,...
“Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.” (Matt 6:19,21) Before the sun was up too high in the heavens, and it...
"How beautiful .. are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation." (Isaiah 52:7) At a shopping mall, I noticed a sign in a window, “Let us make your feet beautiful.” Spring’s past end and Summer’s now....