It is that special time of year when we focus our attention on love. In one source I found this definition of love: “a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person”. I think that describes very well the feeling we have for the beloved one who holds our heart, and…
Read moreI walked, clutching my little spiral book of index cards filled with my memory verses, reciting those I had already learned by heart: “Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared…
Read moreThe Gift The baby born that cloudless night slept in a bed of hay; The One for whom a thousand years is but a single day. The One who hung the stars in space and formed us from the dust; The Lord of all creation had come to dwell with…
Read moreWe bought new shades for our bedroom windows when we first built our home, but I have yet to use them. I don’t like that “closed-in” feeling. I like to be able to lie in bed and look out at the starry night, watch the rain beat against the windows, …
Read moreWhen we first moved into our house over twenty-five years ago, I planted a little rose bush by the garage. It did fairly well the first year, but I don’t think it was an ideal spot because it began to fail bit by bit, year after year. Every spring I…
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