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Let God’s Word be your Personal Lamp
Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way. It is like a light that guides me. Psalm 119:105 NIRV I had been praying for some time for something special. I was looking for a way to make the Bible more personal for women, but I did not know how to do that. Then, one weekend I went on a trip to...
My Hammock
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 NIV I brought two hammocks back from our holiday in Mexico, hoping they will remind me of my need to rest a little. I’m a person who always finds something that needs to be done, and it’s very difficult for me...
Discovering God’s Glory
You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper, and instead of briers, the myrtle will grow. This will be for the Lord’s renown, for an ...
Little Delights
It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35 Cyril used to have a family and a career, too. Well-educated, with a registered patent for an invention, he had never thought that one day he would find himself alone and advanced in age, ill, and poor. But these things do happen. A woman wit...
I Had to Lose My Hearing in Order to Hear
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear. Mark 4:23 ESV Some time ago I had the opportunity to visit the excavations of the seven churches of Revelation 1-3. John wrote seven letters to seven churches after God told him through a vision to do so. In these three chapters, I can find seven times in...
Bittersweet Happiness
A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. So with you: now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no-one will take away your joy J...
Criminals are Stupid
You have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out. Numbers 32:23 ESV I have a theory about criminals; it is probably not new or earthshaking, but my theory is that most criminals are stupid. And most of them get caught, often by doing something else stupid. There are even w...
Rahab
Was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? James 2:25 NIV You would think that nobody in our civilized world has to fear slavery anymore. Yet the United Nations estimates that about five hu...
Make-Believe
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33 NIV Are there ideas in your head that you have been mulling for years? Demands and good expectations? Things that you know are important, valuable, and good, and which, because they a...
No Delay
This vision is for a future time… It will not be delayed. Habakkuk 2:3 NLT I love the book of Habakkuk. It gives me permission to bring my questions to God. Even if God does not answer, it’s wonderful knowing that He is there listening to not only my praise, thanks, and requests – but also to my ...