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Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.Colossians 4:6 (ESV) I grew up in an era when the parenting philosophy was children should be seen and not heard. Unlike many idioms in English, the...
And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only.”Philippians 4:15 (ESV) Ask anyone who works with RSVP’s and they will tell you that you...
A faithful man will abound with blessings.Proverbs 28:20 (ESV) Along with evident blessings bestowed by God on faithful men and women, there are also disguised blessings—blessings that unexpectedly arrive wrapped in counter-intuitive circumstances. Over the years I...
As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among young men.Song of Solomon 2:3a (ESV) Because I have teenage granddaughters, I wrote this piece to help them know what to look for in a relationship. It warms my heart each time I review it. I hope...
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another…Colossians 3:12-13 (ESV) If you are not familiar with pilot lights, here is a brief explanation: a pilot light is a small...
We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been...
And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in the manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.Luke 2:7 ESV Spoken word is a performance art. Unlike written poetry it has less to do with aesthetics on the page...
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...