“For I know the plans that I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 This verse seems apropo today as we took our youngest son to college yesterday and left him in a dorm. …
“Create in me a clean heart, O God,And renew a steadfast spirit within me.Do not cast me away from Your presenceAnd do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.Restore to me the joy of Your salvationAnd sustain me with a willing spirit.Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,And sinners will…
“For where your treasure is there your heart will be also.Be dressed readiness, and keep your lamps lit.”Luke 12:34-35 I have way too many treasures! They all require time and maintainance. Right now most of them are out of their boxes and are finding a place in our new home. …
“In repentance and rest you will be saved,In quietness and trust is your strength.”Isaiah 30:15b Wow! What an unbelievable week! If it could go wrong, it did! We got caught in a web of lies, lost paper work, unprofessionalism, and missteps as we sold one house and closed on a…
“He who gives attention to the word will find good,And blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.”Proverbs 16:20 Many of us read our Bibles daily. Then we check off that box, put our Bible and God on a shelf, and live our lives. But the verse above talks about…
“The King’s daughter is all glorious within…” Psalm 46:13 We are moving. Actually we are supposed to be moved. Instead we are stuck in a house with everything packed, no electricity for a time, and no idea when the closing will really happen. This makes me grumpy, irritable, and wanting…
“For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude…”1 Timothy 4:4 Timothy is speaking here of the last days when men fall away from the faith because they paid attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons. He speaks of…
“He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear,And will trust in the Lord. How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,and has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.Many,…
“I waited patiently for the Lord;And He inclined to me and heard my cry.He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay,And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.”Psalm 40:1-2 Waiting is hard to do for us humans. It does…
“And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Psalm 23:6b Eternity. Heaven. Forever. These are words that we have a hard time getting our minds around. We are much more comfortable with the here and now. Eternity is a fact for every soul. Where one will spend…