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About the Good Old Days
And the one seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new!” Then he said to me, “Write it down, because these words are reliable and true.” Revelation 21:5 NET As I took the soft, warm sheets and underwear out of the dryer this cold winter morning, I thought about our foremothers a...
A Better Sleeping Place
Let not your heart be troubled. You are trusting God, now trust in me. There are many homes up there where my Father lives, and I am going to prepare them for your coming. When everything is ready, then I will come and get you, so that you can always be with me where I am. If this weren’t so, I w...
A Better Sleeping Place
Let not your heart be troubled. You are trusting God, now trust in me. There are many homes up there where my Father lives, and I am going to prepare them for your coming. When everything is ready, then I will come and get you, so that you can always be with me where I am. If this weren’t so, I w...
Overweight!
Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us. Hebrews 12:1 KJV Returning on an international flight after burying my brother, I approached the domestic airline counter to present my ticket and luggage in preparation for the final leg of my trip home. I looked forward t...
Overweight!
Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us. Hebrews 12:1 KJV Returning on an international flight after burying my brother, I approached the domestic airline counter to present my ticket and luggage in preparation for the final leg of my trip home. I looked forward t...
The Power of Kindness
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1 NIV One evening I read a Persian proverb that really struck me. It said, "Kind manners and soft words have the power to drag an elephant by a hair." Immediately there formed in my mind the funny and rationally imposs...
The Power of Kindness
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1 NIV One evening I read a Persian proverb that really struck me. It said, "Kind manners and soft words have the power to drag an elephant by a hair." Immediately there formed in my mind the funny and rationally imposs...
Singing With the Angels
He has put a new song in my mouth – Praise to our God. Psalm 40:3 NKJV Have you thought about singing with the angels? I used to think of singing with the angel choir when I get to heaven but not about singing with them while still on this earth. Yet I recently read, “All the heavenly angels are ...
Singing With the Angels
He has put a new song in my mouth – Praise to our God. Psalm 40:3 NKJV Have you thought about singing with the angels? I used to think of singing with the angel choir when I get to heaven but not about singing with them while still on this earth. Yet I recently read, “All the heavenly angels are ...
A Nasty Turn and a Bible Verse
So My Word which goes from My mouth will not return to Me empty. It will do what I want it to do, and will carry out My plan well. Isaiah 55:11 NLV Life can seem quite normal, and then one day, looking back sometime later, you come to a realization and say, “I see now that God was preparing me fo...