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In the rushing of this world around us, turning every day; running when we should be walking, trying to find our way. Only one road leads to happiness. Only one road leads to peace. We find that road before us when our senseless strivings cease. We must wait on the Lord - resting in His promises, listening to His Word. We must wait on the Lord. He will strengthen our weak hearts. He has promised to do His part, when we wait, wait upon the Lord. We live our lives our lives

O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer, Precious treasure of my longing heart. You are the One who paid my ransom. From Your side I never wish to part. What joy I find within Your presence. What peace You give my troubled mind. Your comfort settles me and keeps me. You are good, and You are so kind. Your judgments, holy, true, and righteous. Your statutes stand complete and sure. Your word endures forever perfect. All You are enlightens, ever pure. I know that You will sav

If ever there was a time that we need Your joy, it is now – as the darkness presses down, and the enemy’s arrows fly. When evil raises its destructive head against Your people, let us remember the joy of the Lord is our strength. We will rejoice in Your mercy and sing of Your grace. We will dance in the power of Your goodness and SHOUT of Your holiness. For You alone are mighty to save. You alone are worthy of being exalted. No enemy can defeat You, and we shall NOT be moved.

This world comes at us fast and furious. New technology. New gadgets. New expectations. New laws. New taxes. New ways of doing things. Updates to phones. Updates to banking. We just get used to a system, and the system changes. At work and at home we live in a constant state of upheaval. There seems to be no place of rest. I hate to plug in my phone at night, because I'm afraid it will look different when I wake up. Some days I feel the frustration building in my soul,

St. Simon's Island, Georgia Tonight, a tiny sliver, almost missed behind the trees, appeared. I’m always surprised by the sight, amazed at its delicacy. My favorite phases of the moon that appear just before or just after the new moon are the waning and waxing crescents. Those are the scientific names. In our home, though, we call them the ‘fingernail moon’, thus dubbed when our daughter was four years old and noticed the crescent for the first time. We agreed that the name

Harry S. Truman State Park, Missouri My dad was a happy man, but he took his life and his responsibilities seriously. He worked hard, and he taught us to be accountable in life. Outings often found us in the woods or in areas around lakes and water. In Florida, that means weeds and snakes and alligators. Early in life, we were taught to look where we stepped and not to run carelessly through high weeds or to jump over rotting logs, a favorite resting place of snakes. Instea

Everywhere Jesus went He touched people. As I read through the ninth chapter of Matthew, I kept a list of his encounters. He got off the ship and was immediately met with a people bringing him a paralyzed man. He forgave the man and then healed the man. He left and passed Matthew collecting taxes and called him to follow. Along the way He debated with the Pharisees who seemed to swarm around Him like mosquitoes. They didn’t stop Him, but they were always there biting

The second chapter of Mark relates a story that has always challenged me.

If I could choose one word for this new year, it would be season. My life has seen many seasons. Seasons of childhood and growing. Seasons of new love and building a home. There have been seasons of children’s laughter and seasons of children’s sickness. Seasons of births and times when we have said goodbye to loved ones. In our home, we had the season of boat building and the season of shed building. We had the season where we lived in an RV and the times when we seemed to m

Riding along the roads between Florida and Texas this past week gave me plenty of time to view the bare trees of winter. They lined the roadways, their branches intertwined and reaching skyward, some straight, others gnarled and aged. I enjoyed the beauty of their architecture, and I am always amazed at the uniqueness and variety of their shapes and sizes. The storms the trees have weathered were evident in the scars the trunks and branches showed. Some were bent and twisted

I have heard the invitation in my heart throughout this season, “Come to the Manger.” It has echoed as I waited in traffic and walked in crowded stores. I have felt its pull as I listened in church and read my Bible. “Come to the Manger.” The words repeated in my head, and even though I pushed them away, they returned like persistent mosquitoes, always there when I was still enough to hear. “Why the manger?” I thought. But even as I questioned, I could see myself sitt

I’m dreaming of a blessed ChristmasJust like so many I have known.Where my full heart pondersAnd thinks and wondersAbout the things my God has done.I’m dreaming of a blessed ChristmasWith every Christmas card I write.I pray for each loved oneAnd thank God’s dear SonFor bringing each into my life.I’m dreaming of a blessed ChristmasAs old […]

“Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits” (Psalm 103:1 – 2, KJV) Someone asked me this week, “What does it mean to bless the Lord? How can we bless God?” That’s a really good question, and […]

Things that make me smile – I could go on, and when I do I realize that there is much to smile about in this world. So many blessings heaped on us each day. There are trials. There is hurt, but God pads it all with joy and beauty if we open our eyes to […]

What is the meaning of ‘corner stone’? Historically, the corner stone was the first stone set in a masonry building, with all other stones in the foundation being laid in reference to this first stone. Therefore, the corner stone was critical and the determining factor in the stability of the building. God has established His […]

Hearts are broken, souls are torn,Struggling, wounded, and so worn.Let Your Spirit comfort be.Let our eyes Your mercy see.Help us, Lord, we cry to You.There is nothing more to do.All our help comes through Your hand.Grant us strength to stand.At the end of all we knowIs the One to Whom we go.Straight into Your loving […]

When I unfurled the hose this morning, I didn’t expect a lizard to jump into my bucket, but he did. And the problem began. That lizard bounded right into some fertilizer that was in the bottom of my bucket. I didn’t know what the fertilizer would do to him, so I tried to get him […]