With God are wisdom and might; He has counsel and understanding.Job 12:13 (ESV) As I was reading through the twelfth chapter of Job, I came to verse 13 and stopped to reflect. I wondered how Job felt writing the inspired words in this chapter regarding the wisdom of...

It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night.Psalm 92:1&2 (ESV) A friend loaned me a book entitled, At Home in Mitford, written by American author...

Restore to me the joy of your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit.Psalm 51:12 ESV When I was a little girl I was taught the acrostic of JOY—Jesus—Others—and You. As much as I admire this selfless reminder, it does not capture the idea that JOY creates a...

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.Proverbs 22:6 ESV Here is a very brief summary of what developmental psychologist Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard Graduate School of...

Part 1 The Lord is near to the broken-hearted and saves the crushed in spirit.Psalm 34:18 ESV When I ride in my husband’s Jeep I feel every speed bump to the max. Upon a little research I learned there are different kinds of speed bumps—some brutal ones in parking...

Part 1 Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.Genesis 2:7 ESV In the beginning, God breathed life into man and said—just breathe! Breathing moves air in and out...

Part 2 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.Hebrews 10:24 & 25 Here is a brief...

Part 1 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.Hebrews 10:24 & 25 My grandson, Ethan, drew a...

Part 2 The night is far gone; the day is at hand.So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.Romans 13:12 (ESV) In an introduction to the song I Can Only Imagine, Wynonna Judd shared advice that her mother, Naomi, gave her… “Let them...

Part 1 The night is far gone; the day is at hand.So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.Romans 13:12 (ESV) My book club recently read a mystery entitled Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger. The story revolves around two brothers...

Part 2 Do not take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them into judgment, but the sins of others appear later.So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden.1...

Part 1 Do not take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them into judgment, but the sins of others appear later.So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden.1...