I love the old hymn Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. I especially love the phrase that reads “Here I raise my Ebenezer; Hither by Thy help I’m come.” That part of the song is a reference to the story found in I Samuel 7, particularly verse 14. I Samuel 7:14 Then Samuel took a stone, and…
Category: Poems and Lyrics
Solid Ground
Everyday my life is changing; New ambitions steal my heart. Everyday this world is calling me to hurry, take a part in all the expectations that pull me from His way. God, my Father, never changes. True and Faithful is His name. From beginning to the end of my days He is always, always the…
Anticipation
Anticipation – The calling of my heart to that which lies beyond me; Eternal shores that beckon saying there is more to come. Anticipation – The subtle distant feeling – not quite sorrow, not quite joy – but a knowing in my heart that I am not yet home. Anticipation – Looking forward to a…
What Can I Give?
Mark 14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. What a powerful commendation – she has done what she could. So often I focus on what I can not do, but God only calls me to do what I can. Make no mistake, if you…
Muddy Boots, Muddy Lives
No mother alive has not dealt with the problem of muddy boots. You clean the floor; they track in dirt. You sweep again; there is still more dirt. Clean floors require unrelenting diligence. Couldn’t they just leave their shoes at the door? One would think so, but it just doesn’t happen. Muddy boots don’t just…
