Mark 10:9 “What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” “You’re my forever stamp.” My husband teasingly said this to me recently. He described that no matter what we face, how fluctuating our health, our finances or life’s circumstances in general, he was sticking with me forever. Continue Reading…
2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. [NIV] Fully committed. The king of Judah started well. Asa removed all the pagan idols from the land and repaired the altar of the Lord. He even deposed his grandmother Continue Reading…
Ephesians 5:31-32 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. Do you enjoy mysteries? How about profound mysteries? Profound mysteries involving love? Continue Reading…
Isaiah 5:1 Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard Addictions of all kind flood the world. What started as a simple pleasure or temporary escape has become, for a countless number of people, a prison of insatiable dependence. It shouldn’t surprise us. We humans are Continue Reading…
2 Kings 13:19 … “You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. But now you will defeat it only three times.” Beware of mediocrity. A new trend in public education is to dumb down curriculum in an attempt Continue Reading…
Ephesians 1:1 “To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus” When Paul addresses the church in Ephesus, he calls them “the faithful.” That’s quite the designation. But what does it mean to be faithful? Maybe it’s believing in God even when it doesn’t make sense. Like when an angel appears Continue Reading…
Proverbs 3:3-4 “Never let go of loyalty and faithfulness. Tie them around your neck; write them on your heart. If you do this, both God and people will be pleased with you.” [GNTA] “Loyal, loyal to our West High; raise those banners high; we will fight for you forever; fight, Continue Reading…
2 Corinthians 7:12 “So even though I wrote to you, it was neither on account of the one who did the wrong nor on account of the injured party, but rather that before God you could see for yourselves how devoted to us you are. “ I get Paul’s concern. He had confronted Continue Reading…
Jeremiah 20:9 “If I say, ‘I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,’ there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.” They’re headquartered in an abandoned monastery that Continue Reading…
Romans 11:36 “For from him and through him and for him are all things.” When my cousin Katy gave birth to her first child her photography bent kicked in. Throughout her pregnancy and the birth, she compiled her many-many-photos into an album entitled “Everything Baby.” All who have expected and Continue Reading…