Isaiah 6:13b – But as the terebinth and oak leave stumps when they are cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump in the land.” We all face hard times. There are times that the forest of our lives is cut down and what remains is a barren land of stumps. But with…
Continue ReadingPsalm 84:1-2, 10,12 – How lovely is Your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! 2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 10 Better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell…
Continue ReadingPsalm 130:5-6 – 5 I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in His word I put my hope. 6 I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. In the midst of celebration, at the cresting of wave of victory, from the highest mountaintop, when joy has exploded…
Continue ReadingMarching. Going alone. Ever moving forward. A very solitary journey. Only never am I alone. Always, He is lovingly with me. He is my hope and my strength. When I hurt deeply, He is with me. Calling to Him I always find, He is here. My Father God, Savior and Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit. God…
Continue ReadingPsalm 51:10-12 – 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Oh Lord my God renew me today,…
Continue ReadingBuffeted from forces I cannot see, Nothing of myself able to fight back. Reeling I stand, looking likely to die, Surely I will come apart and next for me is doom. Knowing that I have no power to save myself, Yet I know that victory is even now pulsing within. I am glad that I…
Continue ReadingBless the Lord, oh my soul, And all that is within me, Bless His Holy name! What I know is God is good, ALL THE TIME! What I know is that God, LOVES ME! These two things I know, Above all else this, Is what I know. “What abouts” cannot move me, What I know is.…
Continue ReadingLife so busy, I need an escape. To the mountains I run, To see and hear the beauty of. Or to the beach I run, To see and hear the beauty of. Or to the desert I run, To see and hear the beauty of, Or to close friends I run, To see and hear…
Continue ReadingOnce again, yes once again, I awake and find myself, In a desperate place. How many times I have awoken, To find myself in this place, Crying out to You and knowing, I can do nothing without You. Everything, every blessing I have, Comes from You. I am from the dirt of the ground. My…
Continue ReadingSome years ago, a dear Christian lady began preparations to send a box of supplies to missionaries from her church. A neighborhood girl hear of her venture and desired to help. But being only a small child, she had very little that would be useful to the missionaries. The child did have a penny, however…
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