Let me show you my beautiful garden Although it no longer belongs to me. With all my toiling, sun up to sun down My garden was not meant to be. Little did I know of the seeds, Seeds of deception and lies— Until one day a stranger asked “Why the despair in your eyes?”...
Why is contentment so rare in human creatures? It seems that the status quo, even for God’s children, is brokenness. This condition is becoming more and more acceptable as a means of relating to others. We can all agree that we live in a world of oppression. The world...
This good news was announced on earth to a few shepherds by a single angel, after which a multitude of angels rejoiced, in praise “to God in the highest.” One of the greatest events on earth took place that night. Can we imagine what was going on in heaven? Could it...
Some people of the Christian faith are celebrating the season of Advent ~ the anticipated coming of the Messiah. (See related article for a longer explanation.) Advent emphasizes two main things, “coming” and Jesus Christ ~ the one who was to come, who has come, who...
I would rather write than eat; pray than sleep; read His word than play, because the one about whom I write, and the one to whom I pray, is the one who gives me life, and the one for whom I live. This has all been through a process of growing and bearing the fruit of...
Seven weeks from today America will have a new president. Those who voted for the winner will be happy. Those who voted for the loser will realize that their candidate was defeated, and their hope is gone. Others have had no hope in either one. These may remain...
Jesus Christ is Lord, He is our King. From heaven He rules; Over everything. He rules in heaven, He rules in earth. He rules over death. He rules over birth. Over all our joys, Over every sorrow, Over our todays, Over our tomorrows. Thursday, before the duties of...
The week before Jerry’s heart attack on December 28, this thought, “If He brings you to it, He will bring you through it” was brought to mind. It was not until after a week in the hospital, and recovering at home, that it surfaced again. Not only through that...
Many will say that if God is sovereign and that He has predestined everything then we are no more than robots or puppets. We may use this description for those who live by the dictates of our world’s culture, but never to describe those whom God calls His own people....