As Jerry and I continue to age, getting closer to the end of this life, we seem to think more of the next life than this one. We are more in preparation than ever before. This brings me to the consideration of what we will leave behind when we exit this world. As we...
We have but to spend time in God's Word contained in the Old and New Testaments, known as the Holy Bible, to learn how powerful it is. We need to be reminded from time to time because we can slip away from it, as we are distracted by the everyday occurrences of this...
English was my favorite subject in school. I was fascinated with words, their meanings and how they fit together with other words to form sentences; from there to weave thoughts into paragraphs and articles to share with others. And so, after I came to love God's...
How many times I have quoted David's words, "The Lord hath dealt bountifully with me" are without number. Today I was brought to a new understanding of how bountiful the Lord is toward His people. It seems that His dealing bountifully with us is experienced more in...
In my seventy-ninth year, I no longer use steps without the help of a handrail. In a recent vision, I was faced with an extremely wide staircase, not seeing where it was leading. It seemed that God had placed me there and expected me to climb the middle of the stairs....
"To every thing ........ a season." "A time to be born" ......... A time to know. "A time to die" ........ And then to grow. To sense the touch of the Gardener's hand. With His strength and love ....... to stand, And feel the rain upon our face; To live in the...
(This is an older post that I needed to read and remember as Jerry and I continue to deal with difficult issues.) Another year ~ and in these latter years I now realize that I am in my second childhood ~ and loving it. This morning my thoughts were brought back...
Grace, and grace alone, could save a wretch like me. I could not die for my own sins. Christ had to die for me. A thousand deaths would not atone for my eternity; Christ's blood, and His alone, bought my sanctity. His light, and His alone, shined deep within my soul....
If ever we begin a new year without focus and direction, we will surely fail to know our purpose, to go through and end the year with any success. As a believer, a follower of Christ, we must start with wisdom and knowledge of Him and His teachings. He left us with...