“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will...
“I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 The start of my junior year was nothing like I would have hoped. I was looking forward to being able to drive to school on my own...
“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, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases.” Psalm 103:1-3 Shortly after my 80th birthday I started seeing a cardiologist...
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 To me, these are words to live by. Words and a way of life that I learned from my parents and grandparents. I recently...
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.” - Luke 6:31 When I moved out to Washington, everything was completely foreign to me, and I knew no one. While this was certainly hard, I instantly dove into sports and eventually school. Soccer was definitely a great...
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” - Colossians 3:16 Is there a certain song that, when you hear it, transports you to...
“A person’s words can be a source of wisdom, deep as the ocean, fresh as the flowing stream.” - Proverbs 18:4 You're lazy! You're stupid! You're selfish! Harsh statements, but insert an additional word between them, and the recipient is transformed immediately from a...
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. “O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold...
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24 As you know, Lent is a time for reflection but in my opinion this entire past year has been a time for reflection. With our normal lives being disrupted, it gave us time to reflect even...
“God is my rock and my salvation – my stronghold! I shall not be shaken.” Psalm 62:7 2020 was a difficult year for many of us. As a community and country, we battled a worldwide pandemic unlike anything we have seen before. While...