Courage, Trust, Hope
It was the second week in the Hello Mornings Advent Study > True Light For Everyone: Celebrating Jesus, the Light of the World. ~*~*~ We started our week with reading 2 Samuel 7:1-7. Several thoughts came to mind as I read the verses: David's desire to build a...
Four Steps to a Happy Thanksgiving
Everyone desires to enjoy life. We seek to experience life with joy, striving to take in as much pleasure and/or satisfaction as we are able each day. Peter, in writing to God’s chosen people [aka – us] tells us: “If you want to enjoy life and seem many happy...
A State of the Heart
"Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." (John 6:35, NLT) "There are times when the one thing you want is the one thing you never get ... You pray and wait. No answer. You...
Cost
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Cost. Cost - "the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything" (dictionary.com). "And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but...
Learn and Rest
"Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls." (Matthew 11:29, NLT) This verse sits sandwiched between two more familiar ones, thus making it one easy to overlook. Here we find in Jesus' own...
Our Doubts and Questions
Doubts. We all have them, we don't like them, and are embarrassed to admit them. Doubt has been defined as "distrust; to be uncertain"; the definition quite similar in both a world and Bible dictionaries. I wrote these words to a friend the other day: "God welcomes...