“God doesn’t promise to save us from adversity, burdens, and crises in this life, but he does make us resilient people. He gives us his own qualities of unsinkability. We can bounce back. Even when we are floundering in the depths of difficulty, even when we think we’re going under for the third time, there…
for the waters are come in unto my soul.” Psalm 69:1
Is one more wave all it will take for you to go under?
In today’s world we can feel this way much of the time. All I have to do is think about politics and I begin sinking. Our walk is often a step by step…
I was thinking about thankfulness last night and remembered reading this so I decided to share it with you today. I hope it blesses you as much as it blesses me. Perhaps it will be a good reminder too, I know it was for me.
Thankfulness is the presence of gratitude and the absence of murmuring.…
“O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.” Psalm 69:5
We all long to be known – to be understood. But, do we want to be known to this extent?
As I read this verse this morning I found it strangely comforting.
Since there is nothing hid from my God –…
Does David’s Old Testament Kindness to Mephibosheth have Meaning for You?
This is one of my favorite Old Testament stories. It is recorded in 2 Samuel 9.
It begins with David asking, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”
He finds out that there…
"For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:" - Proverbs 23:7 KJV
What do you spend your time thinking about? Scripture tells us what we should be thinking about:
“Finally, brethren,
whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report;
if there be any virtue,
and…
Last night Google Alert sent me an obituary. Phyllis Ann Sather had passed on. Not only did she have my full name, but she lived just a short distance from where I live. It was quite shocking to open that email and see that I was dead.
I have to admit that I did a quick…