When I was growing up, it was customary for pastors to close the Sunday morning service with a benediction. According to the Cambridge dictionary, a benediction is a formal blessing or a short prayer asking for God's help, guidance, and…
Job 38:37-38 (NIV) - Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together? Psalm 18:31 (NIV) - For who…
Did you ever hear newlyweds reminded that together they could accomplish more than the combination of each of them separately? God did not intend for man to live alone. God gave the first man a “helpmeet,” one who could not…
This is a poem I recently wrote for one of my granddaughters, but maybe it has a good application for all of us. Sometimes we need to bury the past and start fresh, don’t we? New Beginnings Is there a…
Only God could fling the galaxies into the empty caverns of space. Only a grand God would give us a glimpse of His creativity in the grandeur of a sunset or an ocean or the Grand Canyon. Only a giving…
I cannot deny that I’m slowing down, doing less and forgetting more. But thank God, that process will not continue forever. There’s an incredible change around the corner. For those of us who have put our trust in Jesus and…
Thankfully, I am a citizen of the United States of America. How about you? Our country has its share of problems, but for the most part, it’s a great place to live. You may have been born in a different…
Sometimes my granddaughter used to call me and say, “Grandma, I’m bored.” So we’d talk for a while until she was cheered up and ready to go about the tasks of life without complaining. She doesn’t do that anymore. She’s…
We are in wedding mode here. We live with our son and daughter-in-law, and their youngest son is getting married in a few days. So there’s lots of last minute things to do. You can only do so much ahead…
Supplication. Now there’s an old word not used much anymore. In fact, it took me a few dictionaries to even find the word. I’m familiar with it because it’s used in the old King James Version of the Bible. Here…