Psalm 27: “The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?” FEAR. I write it in all caps because it’s an intimidating word. An emotion wielding far too much power for children of God. David asks in Psalm 27 “of whom Continue Reading…
Lamentations 3:22-23 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Right after Chip and I were married, we moved to Florida where he and his brother bought a lot, cleared the land, and built a spec house to Continue Reading…
Psalm 13: How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? Who knew perseverance was such a virtue? One we would be in so much need of. The difficulties of 2020 have caused us to step up our capacity for enduring. But how Continue Reading…
Galatians 5:13 “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.” When my daughter Bethany was around 8 years-old, she wanted to go along with my mother-in-law and me to a women’s Continue Reading…
Genesis 16:13 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” She was a slave, a pregnant slave, whose unborn child was fathered by the husband of her mistress. To make matters Continue Reading…
Philippians 2:3-4 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” I call this The Ring Story. Some years ago a dear friend asked me to be Continue Reading…
1 Corinthians 10:31 “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” I had been working most of the day writing a devotional. When it finally came together and I read over it one last time, I instinctively lifted my arm Continue Reading…
1 Corinthians 13:9-10 “For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.” Theologian Frederick Buechner writes how Christianity is too good not to be true. But when I accepted Jesus as Savior I had no idea how good or how Continue Reading…
Psalm 18:2-3 “The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.” Do you see God as your deliverer, the one who Continue Reading…
Exodus 13:21 “By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.” Self-sufficiency and the Christian faith do not run Continue Reading…