We recently sang the hymn “Nailed to the Cross” one Sunday morning. The third verse really stood out to me. I will cling to my Savior and never depart, I will joyfully journey each day, With a song on my lips and a song in my heart, That my sins…
Read moreIt seems like in this society nobody wants to let others know their weaknesses. Sometimes we even go to great lengths to hide these weaknesses to keep others from knowing the truth. We all have some, but too often we forget that and think we are the only ones. We…
Read moreOver the weekend we went to West, Texas to visit some family. My husband grew up in West, and we went to the high school homecoming football game. It was our first time to be back since the explosion at the fertilizer plant which happened back in April of this…
Read more“Sabbatical or a sabbatical (from Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos, from Hebrew shabbat, i.e., Sabbath, literally a “ceasing”) is a rest from work, or a break, often lasting from two months to a year. The concept of sabbatical has a source in shmita, described several places in the Bible (Leviticus…
Read moreIn Mark 6:14–29 we read the account of the beheading of John the Baptist. I read this recently with my son. Quite an interesting story to read in God’s Word, would you agree? One part really stuck out to me. Read verses 18-20. “For John had been saying to Herod,…
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