TODAY is a portion of my inheritance~a small part of what God, my Father, has promised through His Son for eternity. How I spend it proves where it came from. It is an allowance given to sustain me here in this wilderness; and while here on this earth to prepare me...
Celebration of a Life
(Stay with me---the best wine is reserved for last.) Our children and grandchildren came today to celebrate the birthday of our youngest child, our daughter, Lee. For more than forty years we have witnessed what God, our heavenly Father, has been doing in this one...
How Could They? (An Ode to the Reformation)
How could they give all? How could they lay it down? Was it for crimes that they had done ~~~ or was it for a crown? How could they die, so firm and sure ~~~ without a shade of doubt? Was it for show or spectacle? Was their faith that stout? How could they stand...
Observation of the Sabbath
"It is a gross mistake to consider the Sabbath as a mere festival of the Jewish Church, deriving its whole sanctity from the Levitical law. The abrogation of that law no more releases the worshippers of God from the observation of the Sabbath, than it cancels the...
God’s Grace (Video of a Past Precedent)
We save videos that we deem valuable. We received this one entitled God's Grace from a friend of Jerry's. Having prayed for wisdom we are convinced that this one is a "keeper," and well worth sharing. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever." Hebrews...
Divine Contentment
(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...
A Ray of Sunlight
One ray of light after the rain------one small bloom, waiting for full light of His glory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Though the dermatologist expected it to be cancer, the mole removed from the back of my arm was benign. I praise the Lord as I wait for healing in the next few...
Waiting is Not a Game
(How well our heavenly Father teaches us this truth as we experience the trials of this life. The original article with this title (below) was written almost five years ago while we were waiting for Jerry’s healing after the amputation of his leg. (It took 4 1/2...
Profaning the Sabbath
"My soul, how hast thou profaned that day thy God hath sanctified! How hast thou encroached on that which Heaven hath set apart! If thy impatience cannot act a Sabbath twelve hours, what happiness canst thou expect in a perpetual Sabbath? Is six days too little for...
