In this last part of The Pit and the Wilderness, we look at Discovering the Promises, The Hidden Blessings, and The Sustaining Power of His Spirit. Discovering the Promises “I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.” Psalm 119:19 When...
“Oh, Lord, how long will you leave me helpless in a weary land." The Lord is good and has blessed me, but I was again feeling low and downtrodden. This scene years ago was one of my days of wandering in this wilderness. The feeling was unexplainable and very real. ...
The word BELIEVE is first found in Genesis 15 in reference to Abraham's response to the word of the Lord, but if we look back to the beginning of creation, when God spoke to Adam and Eve, they did not believe Him. Disobedience is the result of unbelief. Had they...
Our granddaughter, Olivia graduated from high school last week. She is the fourth of our six grandchildren to reach this goal. She expressed that she was "overwhelmed." I am taken back sixty-two years knowing that at that time, I had no idea of who I was or where I...
Still, in the wonderful process of searching the truths of God’s Word for Filled with Grace and Wrapped in Glory, I am finding more to do with the Lord’s work around us than within us ~ at least a hundred references.~ much of which we are probably not aware. It is the...
As I continue to talk about our newest project ~ Filled with Grace and Wrapped in Glory ~ responses are varied. From those who never heard of Christ living in us, to not understanding the power of the Holy Spirit in human life, I sense the great need for this work and...
"My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God." Psalm 84:2 I am addicted to the Word of God. In it is the power of the life of Jesus Christ, our Lord. The power of the gospel to save (Romans...
God’s Word teaches us that we are dead in trespasses and sin until we are by His grace quickened (made alive) together in Christ (Ephesians 2:1-6) by His resurrection (1 Peter 1:3). It is fitting that our last word beginning with the letter A in our Words of Life A to...
At different times in this life, we tend to forget things ~ a person’s name, an event, directions, etc. The human mind is not always under our own control. As we age, time can take its toll on our memory. As I am nearing my eightieth birthday, losing my memory is not...