The trees with white blooms that are donning our landscapes this time of year are Bradford pear trees. From a distance one tree can appear to be a solid mass. After the blooms the tree has dark, glossy leaves through the summer; and in the fall the leaves turn to...
(Thomas Watson on the Second Petition of The Lord's Prayer ~ Thy Kingdom Come.)(5) Let the saints long to be in that blessed kingdom. Does not a prince that travels in foreign parts long to be in his own nation, that he may be crowned? The bride desires the marriage...
(Thomas Watson on the Second Petition of The Lord's Prayer ~ "Thy Kingdom Come.") Use 6. For exhortation to those who have any good hope through grace. You that are the heirs of this kingdom, let me exhort you to six things: (1) Often take a prospect of this heavenly...
This original picture was taken in Bavaria, Germany. We have never been there. I duplicated this with my camera from the cover of a Big Ben 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle box. After separating some pieces of the puzzle, I thought of the many reflections of nature. Then I...
We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:10 And are there scoffers, who madly walk after their own lusts, and question the coming of the Lord? The hour hastens when infidelity shall doubt no more: “The Lord himself shall descend from...
I'm old, and this body is worn. My flesh and my heart have been torn. Time takes its toll, And makes me old; But, praise God, in Christ I'm new-born. His Spirit transcends all the age, He has written on every page~ "My Love divine Has made you...
We, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Romans 12:5 O the blessed communion of saints; one member has the benefit of all the other members’ gifts, prayers, and ministrations. One prays for all, and all pray for one. What one...
And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. Exodus 10:15 This manna was entirely different from common manna, which is shaken from the leaves of trees, and used only in medicine; this dropped down from the clouds, and was truly...
(From Thomas Watson's The Art of Divine Contentment) Epistle to the Reader Christian Reader, Having seriously considered the great dishonor done to almighty God (as well as the prejudice which accrues to ourselves) by the sin of discontent (a universal and...