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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...
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...
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...
Broken Dreams
Joseph dreamed a dream. Genesis 37:5 Closets are museums of broken dreams: dresses we bought in hopes of having an occasion to wear them, shoes we wore only once. And there are outfits that almost fit when we bought them, thinking we would lose a few pounds but never did. Recently I had to make m...
Solid Ground
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. Psalm 40:2 NIV This year (2022), the euro turned 20 years old in Italy and 18 other European countries. In Italy, it replaced the lira. Getting used to the new single currency w...
The Women and the Shepherds
All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples. Matthew 28:18,19 NASB They had seen the empty tomb and had run to tell the disciples that Jesus was alive. It was too good to be true, and they understood the disciples’ doubts. Or perhaps not. In any case...
Writing with God
In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. Romans 12:6 (NLT) Writing began to be a part of my life at the age when I started writing in my first diary. Twenty years ago a pastor friend of mine said to me "Virginie, you have a writing talent, you should use it". ...