Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 (NASB) Important announcement below.  Please read to the end of this post. We will all face very difficult valley decisions at some point in our lives.  Perhaps you are at that place now.  When trials seem [...]

    But those who wait on the LORD       Shall renew their strength;       They shall mount up with wings like eagles,       They shall run and not be weary,       They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV) I have always struggled with my weaknesses.  We all have them.  Mine are personal and I try to [...]

    “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.”  John 14:1 (NKJV) An old quote popped into my head early this week and led me to ponder how important our attitudes are when faced with problems and challenges.  I had a roommate decades ago who used to recite, [...]

  For you created my inmost being;    you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;    your works are wonderful,    I know that full well. Psalm 139:13-14 (NIV) Hope you’ll read Part One, posted on Wednesday, in which Christopher wrote about the importance of “whispers” and the doubts some [...]

    I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. Luke 15:7 (NIV) Once upon a time, I sat next to a girl in a class in which the desks were two-person [...]

       “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.” Micah 5:2 (NKJV) Several months ago I should have written about the Annunciation, the occasion [...]

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (KJV) Christmas lights, songs and movies are in full display. Gift lists are being checked twice, and shopping is full speed ahead. Church choirs are less [...]

    Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden,  and I will give you rest.  Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew [...]

    As she stood in that familiar station in the kitchen, stirring the filling for the Thanksgiving pies, she could feel the tears welling up, then meandering down her cheek and then finally dropping into the pie mix. She vainly smiled thinking, “Well, there’s some of the salt I needed to add anyway.” The [...]

    … And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper. I Kings 19: 12 (NLT)   In I Kings 19, the pagan queen, Jezebel, threatens to have Elijah killed after God led the prophet to victory in defeating the pagan prophets and worshippers of Baal. Elijah was expecting a celebration, but [...]