Rare Love
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for...
View ArticleTo Richard With Love
The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18 to richard, i just want to say, as we celebrate our 25th anniversary, how grateful i am...
View ArticleUnfailingly Unchanging
For Jesus doesn’t change—yesterday, today, tomorrow, he’s always totally himself. Hebrews 13:8 MSG Our youngest daughter is very unique. While many kids try to hide their disobedience or lie about what...
View ArticleThe Tallyman
Love keeps no record of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13:5 NIV I think it has already long been established that I am “just not right in the head”. But just in case you need more proof—There we were discussing...
View ArticleThe Real “Endless Love”!
I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself. Jeremiah 31:3 NLT During our workout this morning, my friend told me her teen wanted to see the...
View ArticleThe Prayer From Assisi?
Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as...
View ArticleClanging Cymbals
If I did not love others, I would be nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 CEV Recently I reached a milestone in my life. I have now lived half a century! And, at...
View ArticleIndecent Exposure
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 A loud cry came from downstairs, “Mommmmmm!”. My heart nearly stopped but my body took flight as I raced...
View ArticleOUT OF CONTROL
Yours is the mighty power and glory and victory and majesty. Everything in the heavens and earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as being in control of everything. 1 Chronicles...
View ArticleResented Rebukes
My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in. (Proverbs 3:1-12 NIV) Have you ever had a...
View ArticleSpeak Up
Instead, we will lovingly follow the truth at all times—speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly—and so become more and more in every way like Christ who is the Head of his body, the Church....
View ArticleHope Alive
But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil, at the...
View ArticleFirst Birthday
The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17 Today it...
View ArticleAbout the Borders…
Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me...
View ArticleThe Day After
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 The Day After, wasn’t that the name of a catastrophe movie about a nuclear holocaust or...
View ArticleGift Wrappings
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger. Luke 2:11,12 NIV I don’t...
View ArticleVery Rarely
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ...
View ArticleThe Boundary Lines Have Fallen For Me In Pleasant Places
Lord, You are my portion and my cup of blessing. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. Psalm 16:5-6 NIV (A version of this post was first...
View ArticleWhen God Ran
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. Luke...
View ArticleThe Gift
Every good present and every perfect gift comes from above, from the Father who made the sun, moon, and stars. James 1:17a GW Did you know that the first Nativity scene was staged in 1223 and it was...
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