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 [...]

    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 [...]

  I will bless the LORD at all times;  His praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 (NASB) David was in the midst of trouble when he wrote Psalm 34, but he made a promise to praise God in the best of times and in the worst. Many of us seek the Lord’s blessings, but [...]

    “For He looks to the ends of the earth And sees everything under the heavens.” Job 28: 24 (NASB) When I read the story of Abraham and Sarah in their quest to have a child, I find myself feeling sorry for Hagar. She was an Egyptian maidservant with few choices and no support.  [...]

    “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7 (NIV)   Last week I received such a special blessing when I listened to Rev. Christopher B. Wolf, pastor of First Reformed Church of Saddle Brook, N.J. and a writer who shares his Living [...]