Psalm 86:6-7 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace. In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me. Every morning for the last three and a half years, I’ve prayed for my neighbor as I passed her house on Continue Reading…
Psalm 105:1-2 Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! Where’s my phone? I’m not a millennial, but my heart sank as I discovered the empty pocket on the outside of my Continue Reading…
Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us. God is rich in mercy to we who are not. Author Dane Ortland writes in Gentle and Lowly that nowhere else in scripture is God deemed rich in anything. Only mercy. I’m Continue Reading…
Psalm 8:4 “what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” [ESV] As I left the house for my daily two-mile walk, I knew it could start raining any minute. The forecast predicted a 60% chance and the looming clouds Continue Reading…
Jeremiah 16:13-15 “So I will throw you out of this land into a land neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor. However, the days are coming…[when] I will restore them to the land I gave their ancestors.” Continue Reading…
Psalms 37:4 “The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.” Sometime last winter, sometime BC (before Covid), my husband and I made plans to go back to one of our favorite places for summer vacation. We secured a campsite at Blackwoods Campground Continue Reading…