February 25, 2020 Sharing for Lent In years past, I have written a poem a day for Lent. It started one year when I felt like I’d given up so much that year and so when someone asked what I was going to give up for Lent, I just couldn’t give... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Miscellaneous Comments: 0
February 2, 2020 Salvation Is Not a Point System Ask some Christians whether they believe they will go to heaven when they die and you might hear “I sure hope so,” or “I think I’ve done enough good deeds,” or “I’m running the race and hope to win.” They seem to think the way... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 0
September 29, 2019 God’s Perfect Timing God’s timing is perfect. I keep forgetting that. Patience is not a virtue I come by naturally. Almost a year ago, pain in my left shoulder and arm sent me to my new primary physician for a solution. As a short term fix, she gave... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 4
July 21, 2019 No Comparison When was the last time you compared yourself to someone else? Be honest—it was pretty recent, wasn’t it? For me, it was just yesterday. In this social media age the tendency seems to be getting worse. But the comparison game serves no useful purpose.... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 2
April 22, 2019 Risen We shout He is risen but do we understand the importance of the rising of the Son of man? Today on Easter Monday and tomorrow and the next we need not be fearful worried or perplexed Hope has risen freeing us from death’s prison ________________________________ At... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Poetry Comments: 24
February 11, 2019 Preoccupied You may have noticed that I haven’t posted much so far in 2019. In fact, I only posted 3 times in January and not at all yet in February. Or maybe you don’t notice such things, but I have. It’s not that I haven’t done... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Miscellaneous Comments: 4
January 7, 2019 My One Word 2019 To treasure something means “to regard or treat as precious; cherish.” Dictionary.com. Jesus said, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 (NIV). I have decided that for 2019 my “One Word” to guide my thoughts, words, and actions is Treasured. A lot of people are choosing words... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 4
December 30, 2018 The Real Light It’s the darkness. And the cold. But mostly the darkness. I know we have passed the winter solstice and the days are getting longer, but sunrise at 7:51 a.m. and sunset at 4:36 p.m. still makes for a very short day and a lot of darkness. When... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comment: 1
August 27, 2018 To Know and Be Known The warm earth beneath my feet trembles with knowledge of our Creator We have this in common, the earth and me, the One who knows us and desires to be known Sometimes I forget Him Forget I am His beloved The earth never does _____________________________________... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Poetry Comments: 24
April 27, 2018 Abide in His Light This is my second poem inspired by a one-minute devotion from Charles H. Spurgeon’s Faith’s Checkbook, Mar 10–Walk in Light. The Bible verse Spurgeon began with is John 12:46, “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.” My... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Poetry Comments: 2