But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you…
Read moreJuly 19, 2016 – I am sitting in the backyard of my childhood home where my 85 year-old mom has lived for 52 years. Her life expectancy is now measured in days. The circular sprinkler is watering half of the back yard, its spray like a burst of white sparkly…
Read moreI am not a big sports person. I rarely watch sporting events but there is one exception – the Olympics. I remember doing a presentation on the Olympics when I was in High School. As a teen I knew the names of all the gymnasts and ice skaters as well as the names of their…
Read more“So God has given us both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can take new courage, for we can hold on to his promise with confidence. This confidence is…
Read morePlease excuse the “re-print” from an older devotion shared with you in 2008–it has a message for us today! Tucked away in a filing cabinet is an orange file folder. It’s many years old and smells of dust, so I try not hold it too close, nor fan it around…
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