We planted the Satsuma tree last winter. It was already at fruit-bearing size so we began anxiously nurturing it, hoping for a harvest. Throughout spring and summer, we watered and fertilized. We picked off bugs …
Only a Father could know my heart and love me anyway. Only a Father could see my sin and choose to pay my penalty. Only a Father could feel my hurt and soothe …
As I begin to feel the change in the air signaling a new season, I can’t help but thrill at the beauty that God has shared with us. Man’s masterpieces are rare, and we lock …
Encouragement from Hebrews 12:1-4 – Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily beset us, and …
Today, I will rest my HOPE in God even though the path I take may carry me through the darkest trial. I will TRUST Him as the Light in my darkness and as my Sure …
Thank You, Father, for friendship. Thank You for those special people You have sent to touch my life in such a precious way. Thank You for the tears, the burdens, the prayers, the laughter, the …
I looked and saw the failure of mankind. I counted every trouble and mishap. So focused on the problems, I despaired – overcome with hopelessness and fear. Then I looked to Jesus, Who gave me …
Father, Today I pray for grace – grace to listen before I speak; grace to hear the heart behind the words; grace to soothe the ruffled and diffuse the ticked; grace …
There are days that live in our memories; days that rise up and call us to acknowledge the pain of the remembering. September 11, 2001 is such a day. We remember where we were, what …
I treasure the memories of the past and the legacy of my ancestors, but my hope does not rest there. I am awestruck by the sight of an unfurled flag and the swelling chorus of …
