The littlest one wanted a dinosaur movie, but the oldest (and her sister) wanted something less “cartoonish.” She reasoned with her sibling about why her movie would be a better choice and even offered him delayed gratification. “You can watch your movie tomorrow …” Nothing seemed to be breaking this…
Read moreIsaiah 40:27-31 (NLT) “O Israel, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles? How can you say God refuses to hear your case? Have you never heard or understood? Don’t you know that the LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth? He never…
Read moreHave you ever heard of a spiritual bar of soap? I hadn’t heard of one until I took a Bible class years ago. Our teacher was a godly, mature woman named Irene. Many of the people in this class were new Christians who were trying to learn what it meant to walk with…
Read moreToday, For what I am that I ought not to be, Forgive me. For what I am not that I ought to be, Forgive me. Be with my mouth in what it speaks. Be with my hands in what they do. Be with my mind in what it thinks. Be…
Read moreThis morning, the sweetest words uttered to me were, “I stood in for you.” It was a mid-morning call from my husband as he was asking me “how is the morning going?” He had stood in for me at the men’s weekly (every Tuesday) 6:00 a.m. prayer time. He was…
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