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The Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. Isaiah 51:3 Psalms As David...
I don't know about you, but waiting isn't something I like to do very much. In fact, I tend to passionately "DISlike" waiting. I stand up and walk around. I crane my neck in the direction that I think what I'm waiting for might appear. I pace. I fiddle. I literally...
When I was expecting my oldest son, my due date was Valentines Day. I was pretty excited when I learned this bit of information, and throughout the next few months, I found myself hoping that my baby would actually arrive on his due date. I couldn’t think...
“What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.” (Psalm 56:3) When the first three of our five children were still just small, my husband’s brother, Wendell gave to us our first family pet. It was a thoroughbred German Shepherd which his children had already named...
“So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, yea Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, 'Feed my lambs'… He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest...
"Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths. Be not wise in your...
As I write I'm sitting outside, enjoying an absolutely beautiful day. The sun is brilliant and the sky is deep blue. The trees are putting on their autumn colors. The air is cool, crisp and refreshing. I can hear the sound of children playing, birds chirping, and a...
"If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach" (Romans 12:7) The faith that I have in my heart was planted by three teachers. One was a young man called Billy, who wanted to be a missionary in Africa, but he couldn’t go because his eyesight was...
The fire siren sounded in the calm of the evening and two huge fire-tankers rumbled along the road. An alarm system had been installed in the community and somebody had the sense to push the alarm button at the first sign of trouble. Much later we learned that a major...
Jeremiah 2:13 (NKJV) "For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns-broken cisterns that can hold no water." [1] God is the fountain or spring of living water. Here in the mountains of...
I settled down late last evening to watch the modern version of ‘The Time Machine’. The film taken from the novel by H.G. Wells. It has been a favourite film of mine, but I must say I do still prefer the original, made in the late 60’s starring Rod Taylor. Although I...
"Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good." (1 Peter 2:1-3 NIV)...
"He (Jesus) spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of Heaven is like leaven (yeast), which a woman takes and hides in three measures of meal until the whole is leavened." (Matthew 13:33 KJIIV) The recipe's instructions were to add the following ingredients as...