Psalm 119:101 I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me
Awwwwwww; I don’t want to; I don’t feel like it; Why???????????????; Not now; Grumble, grumble, grumble; You can’t make me; She’s looking at me; Poke, poke, poke, poke, poke…. If you have heard any of these things in your home, then someone’s been sportin’ a ‘tude! This is how my children refer to the bad…
Young love runs to embrace after being apart. A child holds out their arms to be cuddled by a parent. Friends hug to express concern, condolence or comfort. The phrase, “outstretched arms” brings to mind many images. For me, all of them have to do with acceptance, trust and love. When our children were…
Suppertime highway rush hour traffic. Five lanes of highway, all eager to get home in this week before Christmas. As the lanes separate to transform from highway into streets, traffic slows and gridlock halts all progress. Doing a quick shoulder check before changing lanes, the car behind fails to notice the stopped vehicles in front…WHAM!This…
My eyes weep with the tears of the weary. My works for You crumble as dust through my fingers – worthless. I cry out for understanding yet peace and comfort elude me. My heart is torn within me as I strive to serve you faithfully and fail again. O LORD, draw me nigh unto You….
1 Thessalonians 4:7-9 (NIV, ©2010) 7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit. 9 Now about your love for one another we do not…
2 Corinthians 4:1 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Each one of us has a ministry. It may be family, neigbours, pastoring, homeschooling, care of someone else who needs help, teaching, administering, the list of possibilities goes on and on. If you’re like me, then there are…