“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 Rest can be a hard thing to...
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord” Isaiah 55:8 Lately, I all too often hear myself saying – “I am keeping a list of questions that I would like to ask God”. As I think about the happenings during the past...
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 “A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.” Proverbs 25:11 “Like the coolness of snow at harvest time is a trustworthy messenger to those who send...
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6 I am anxious writing this. Prayer started late for me, it wasn’t until 1979 when my oldest sister needed a new kidney. She did...
“That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:10 The conditions we are under shape the type of human that we become. Difficulties and hardships throughout...
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11: 28-30 I started seeing a...
“Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to...
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to Him.” Psalm 28:7 As I reflect on the last year, I am reminded of how many wonderful opportunities I am blessed with in this life and how God is at the...
“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” Galatians 6:10 One of the blessings I have received is the loving and prayerful support of Christian friends. And I think it’s a blessing that we...
“For we fix our attention, not on the things that are seen, but on the things that are unseen. What can be seen lasts only for a time, but what cannot be seen lasts forever.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 Paul is saying that we should focus our attention on things that have eternal...