"The problem with life is that it's just so......" Did you finish the sentence with "daily?!" We all know that saying, and even more so, we all know from experience what that saying is getting at: it's the daily burdens, the daily troubles, the daily anxieties that can make life just so difficult at times! Yet, the Bible points us to a God who is not only acquainted with our days but involved in...
As we headed into the bay to watch 4th of July fireworks from the boat, we found ourselves on the edge of an unexpected storm. Rather than head into the storm, we waited it out, ensuring that it would be gone by the time we reached our destination. It got me thinking: I will NEVER choose to go into a storm. I will ALWAYS choose calm seas & sunny skies, both literally and...
This printable provides one verse per day, throughout the month of July, for you (or you and your family) to read, contemplate, and pray. From the compilation of these verses, we are reminded that how we treat one another - and what our attitude is towards one another - is a big deal to our Heavently Father! Therefore, it should be a big deal to us, His children, as well. Whether these verses...
“He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze” (2 Samuel 22:35). In this exuberant psalm of praise and thanksgiving, David sang of the Lord’s mighty deeds in delivering him from all of his enemies (verse 1). While verse 35 is just one of the many recountings of the Lord’s faithfulness, two little words stuck out to me: “so that.” Clearly David was praising God,...
“It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High. It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness in the evening.” (Psalm 92:1-2) I wonder what would happen if we put these two verses into practice: if we regularly gave Him thanks, sang praises unto Him, and declared His love every morning and His faithfulness every evening? ...
While most of my family love to fish and be on the boat, my oldest son follows most closely in my husband’s footsteps - give them a fishing pole and a day on the water, and they are happy! Much of my son’s ability has come from the years spent watching my husband and imitating him, resulting in a young man who is capable, knowledgable, and able to explain and teach the rest of us...
“Then Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland. With her two daughters-in-law she set out from the place where she had been living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah.” (Ruth 1:6-7) How important it is to consider...
Patience is something we probably don't think much about until it's lost - until WE "lose" our patience - or until others "lose" theirs. Otherwise, we probably don't go around admiring or thinking about this quality all that much. But as we will see with this lesson, it is a quality that each and every one of us must be so very grateful for and something that we must desire to grow in. Why?...
“In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for awhile in the country of Moab.” (Ruth 1:1) “To live for awhile.” The word really is “to sojourn,” which has at its core the idea of a temporary stay with the intention of returning. As we read the account in Ruth 1, however,...
“From the depths of despair, O Lord, I call for your help.” ~Reflections on Psalm 130~ Whose help do I call for when I'm in despair? He alone can help! I look to all others in vain. How thankful I am that we may boldly approach His throne of grace to find help in time of our need. (Hebrews 6:14) “Hear my cry, O Lord. Pay attention to my prayer.” We can be certain that He hears...