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...
Why has it taken so long for me to write this post? It is not because I have been at my task of caring for Jerry. It is not because there are not enough hours in the day to witness of the Lord’s goodness ~ this is the reason I write. Titles come so very easily, but...
The country song, Sixteen Tons, was written and recorded by Merle Travis in August, 1946. Based on life in the coalmines of Kentucky, the song was one that I remembered from my childhood. It included the lyrics, "Another day older and deeper in debt." When I woke...
"As a child I had a recurring dream of walking a dirt path, and seeing the reflection of the sun on something in the dirt. Reaching down I discovered a penny. (When I was a child we picked up lost pennies.) As I picked it up, I found other pennies. Picking up the...
(Fourth in the series Little Books About the Magnitude of God) Our new book is available from Amazon. How do you wrap up fourteen summers of study with your grandchildren? The diagram we used to summarize our years together is still on the blackboards (two stacked on...
The essence of contentment is distilled from the presence of the Father in His own children. It is a seventh sense that comes from the new birth. The birth of God’s Spirit within us springs up to eternal life with a new heart and a new spirit directing our course of...
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...
"In the fourth petition we pray that of God's free gifts we may recieve a competent portion of the good things of this life and enjoy His blessing with them." Shorter Catechism As one of the most affluent nations in history, Americans live daily in the abundance of...
God, our heavenly Father calls us to lay aside every claim to any rights to ourselves; and to lay claim to all the blessings, and benefits that He promises us in Christ and His Word. “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God , and joint-heirs with Christ; if so...