Some Things Just Don’t Change
I came across something I had shared probably 5 to 6 years ago and I feel it is perhaps more pertinent now than even then, so I am sharing it again with a few revisions. Practically every time we turn…
Category Hope
God’s Christmas Gifts to Us Part IV
Here it is the end of December and we’ve reached the last word I wanted for us to consider for the month – HOPE! We can hope for a lot of things: Hope it doesn’t snow! Hope I get a…
From Death to Life
How could this be? I was awestruck and shocked as I walked past my climbing rose bush. Japanese beetles had pretty much demolished the bush weeks before; the stems were bare and it looked absolutely dead. But this day, not…
Our “Know So” Hope
We all need encouragement from time to time and I think we need it more than ever with all the horrible things going on in our world and country. There have been two chapters in the Bible that I have…
Great is Thy Faithfulness
Friday morning on my early morning walk, I was blessed again as I watched the rays of the sun breaking through the tops of the trees. The first thing that came to my mind was the words of the second…
Yet, I Will Rejoice
Reading in the Old Testament, in the Book of Habakkuk, is almost like you are reading in today’s newspaper. At the outset of this book, there was social injustice, moral corruption, people were cruel and corrupt; they worshipped false gods,…
Jesus is Alive!
Just think about those three words. In them is power. In them is joy. In them is peace. In them is assurance. In the Bible, the book of John, chapter 14, Jesus was trying to comfort his disciples before He…
COME!
Follow my thoughts today as I want to make a comparison of what’s going on at our southern border with how one “gets into heaven.” Immigrants are being told, “Come on up, come on in, come on over! You are…
We Have a Treasure!
“I – have a treasure?” you ask. “Surely you don’t mean me. How is this possible?” I’m so glad you asked. If you are a child of God, please don’t miss this. I’m looking in II Corinthians 4. Verse 7…
Anticipation
If you are like me, you are looking forward to the time we no longer have to wear a mask, be in quarantine, or be limited to the number of people we can fellowship with. And perhaps, like me, you…