Posted by in God reigns, God eternal, God holds all power In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. Psalm 102:25 All praise, honor and glory belong to you oh Lord. You are the Alpha and the Omega, you have always been. And yet….. you care about me. How can this be so? In the…Read more »
I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint. Jeremiah 31:25 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 What a year we all have had! 2020 will not be forgotten. The emotional and physical stress has made us all weary and burdened in one…Read more »
Posted by in hardships, trust God, have faith How long Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “violence”, but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Habakkuk 1:2-4 Smoke covered the landscape,…Read more »
Posted by in stumble, upheld, joy, delight, develop, brave The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand. Psalm 37:23-24 I can remember the days that my twin sons began to walk. First, cruising around edges of furniture, holding on for balance, stepping away…Read more »
Posted by in peace, chaos, trust in Jesus You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 ESV The morning hung still and quiet in the midst of the elegant pine trees. As if these stately trees were standing as sentinels to the area, guarding it’s precious peace. Don’t these woods know of…Read more »
Posted by in Compassion, love, peace, unity, binding, Holy Spirit Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord…Read more »
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 2 Timothy 3:16 Imagine a city that legally requires every taxi driver to paint a Bible scripture onto the back of their taxi! If the driver does not, they may lose their license or be fined. Over twenty years ago,…Read more »
Posted by in cleaning clutter in our lives, serve God only Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshipped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. Joshua 24:14 When does collecting and saving stuff cross the line from being helpful and cost-effective to just clutter and junk? My siblings and I discovered that…Read more »
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 Several years ago, my…Read more »
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 There is a wealth of wisdom in these two verses. Let’s just focus on…Read more »
