[Please join me in praying for children, youth, and our future on Thursdays this year.] “If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in this world is a part of God. But, of course, ifContinue Reading
“I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.” (Psalm 104:33 NIV) Two weeks ago my 101-year-old grandmother was in the hospital because of a bad cough they didn’t really diagnose. She was released to return with hospice care to her assistedContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for our nation and world on Tuesdays this year.] “Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; Do not get upset because of one who is successful in his way, Because of the person who carries out wicked schemes.” (Psalm 37:7 NASB) Sometimes it’s hard toContinue Reading
“Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness; they will sing with joy about your righteousness.” (Psalm 145:7 NLT) Week before last I spent the week at the local theater with three of my children who were in a live play/musical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s “Till We Have Faces.” They hadContinue Reading
“Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.” (Psalm 16:9-10 NIV) On the first day of the week, very early in theContinue Reading
“Remember to stay alert and hold firmly to all that you believe. Be mighty and full of courage.” (1 Corinthians 16:13 TPT) I find myself often frustrated with the way many of my questions go unanswered in the Bible. (I realize that a great deal of God is mystery, but that’sContinue Reading
(reposted from Good Friday 2022) “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.“ (Luke 18:19 NIV) Today is “Good Friday,” a day my children used to mix up with “Black Friday.” Although our society knows what the modern “Black Friday” means, I think the original “Good Friday” wasContinue Reading
[reposted from April 6, 2022 for today, Maundy Thursday, 2023] “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7 NIV) Yesterday I was going over the story of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet with my kids. While much of the story is about servanthood –Continue Reading
“The voice of the Lord echoes through the skies and seas. The Glory-God reigns as he thunders in the clouds. So powerful is his voice, so brilliant and bright, how majestic as he thunders over the great waters!” (Psalm 29:3-4 TPT) Good Shepherd, Thank you that you are our Yahweh,Continue Reading
[Please join me in praying for our nation and world on Tuesdays this year.] Reigning God, Thank you for being our King of Glory – our Lord Almighty. You are the God of yesterday, today, and tomorrow and nothing surprises you. We do not know what the future holds, butContinue Reading