“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
Psalm 139:23-24
“I don’t want to!” These were the words of my five-year-old son a few months ago when we...
“And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen His glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14
Both Genesis and the Gospel of John begin with the same words, “In the beginning.” Genesis focuses on God...
“I have learned to be content with whatever I have, I know what it is to have little, I know what it is to have plenty.” Philippians 4:11
I grew up in a family where I was the oldest of three brothers. I remember so many of our childhood arguments...
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. “ Jeremiah 29:11
A few years ago, our family decided to make a move across country, leaving everything we knew and loved...
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1
From a young age, God has influenced my life because I was raised in the Christian faith. But more recently, I started to question my faith which led to uncertainty about...
“If we live, we live to the Lord, if we die, we die to the Lord; so then whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.” Romans 14:8
Until age 76, I was blessed with good health. Then the cancer showed up, and the battle was on. Through it all, I...
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” Psalm 19:1
Growing up on a farm we seldom traveled far beyond the town we lived near. Lift on the farm as a kid...
“Jesus replied, “You may not understand now but someday you will.”
John 13:7
This verse comes from the story of Jesus washing his disciple's feet. Back in this time of history when a person washed another person's feet, it was typically a slave. Washing feet was the dirty...
"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." John 8:12
l feel so very blessed that God's light has shone upon me throughout my life.
However, I did not always follow His light as I should have. As a child...
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.”
John 3:16
This is one of the most popular Bible verses and certainly one of my favorites as well. It concisely conveys God’s...