(January 2011 -- My First Post on WordPress 14 years ago) Dear Reader, please understand that the content of what you see here did not easily make its way to this webpage. Even before computers came on the scene, technology had been my foe. Our home has been...
God's grace is a realm, within a realm, within a realm. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS DIAGRAM? It expresses the idea of a first thought, but it does not convey the truth that our heavenly Father gives of Himself and His grace. Continued thought and meditation on His Word...
(Repost from 2011) Two months ago I called my nephew for an update on my brother who was in ICU, following an emergency surgery to remove his gallbladder. After a second surgery to stop his hemorrhaging, the surgeon told my nephew, "One of his systems is shutting...
Grace in Bloom Grace Through Dormancy Dear heavenly Father, lift our heads and our hearts to see your resplendent and everlasting grace in every season. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
"So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy." Romans 9:16 ESV As deists, Voltaire and Diderot attacked Christianity---"their primary weapon aimed at the church was 'truth'." (Dr. Bruce Shelley, Church History in Plain Language*) "We...
Alleluia! Revelation 10:1 Thou didst begin the year, O my soul, with a Hosanna, imploring the Lord’s blessing; canst thou now conclude it with an Alleluia? Surely thou canst celebrate the praise of a gracious and loving God. Take a review of the year past; hast...
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. 2 Corinthians 3:3. The image is beautiful and instructing;...
By the grace of God I am what I am. 1 Corinthians 15:10. Born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God. As new-born babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. 1 Peter 1:23; 2:2. What made the wonderful...
What wilt thou, queen Esther? And what is thy request? It shall be given thee even to the half of the kingdom. Esther 5:3 Dost thou want nothing, O poor soul? Hast thou nothing to ask? O yes, you say, a great deal. Well, then, draw near to thy gracious King and...