An audio only, short montage of thoughts on Psalm 55. Cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain you. Hello friends! You usually find a written devo after the title, but today, I decided to do something a bit different. Though it’s totally unscripted and not at all polished, I pray you hearContinue reading “Audio only – A few thoughts on Psalm 55 (and the trials of life).”
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No Sugar-Coatings
Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort. For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.Continue reading “No Sugar-Coatings”
So that…
As He passed along, He noticed a man blind from his birth. His disciples asked Him, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind? Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed inContinue reading “So that…”
Photo Album of His Goodness
Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits. 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Ephesians 5:20 BSB, Psalm 103:2 NABS 1995 AreContinue reading “Photo Album of His Goodness”
When, not if …
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you. Isaiah 43:2 NKJV But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink heContinue reading “When, not if …”
My Story
We all have a story. No one is exempt from the difficulties of life. Some life stories are painful. Some seem unfair. Some feel hopeless. Some are filled with regret. None have escaped His notice. None are beyond His ability to use. To some how, some way, bring good from. As you watch my story,Continue reading “My Story”
By the Hand
I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt… I will bring you up out of the suffering and oppression of Egypt … to a land flowing with milk and honey… Hebrews 8:9b AMPC Exodus 3:17 AMP I love to walk hand in hand with my husband, whether we’re power-walking trails at a nearby park or strollingContinue reading “By the Hand”
When the Unthinkable Becomes Reality
This I know, God is for me. In God will I praise His word; in the Lord will I praise His word. Psalm 56:9-10a NCV If God be for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31 Beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith… Jude 20,21a NASB The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble,Continue reading “When the Unthinkable Becomes Reality”
Ugly Packages
Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him. Genesis 40:23 NASB 1977 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel. Psalm 31:12 BSB My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me. Job 19:14 Indeed, we felt within ourselves that we hadContinue reading “Ugly Packages”
Real Questions
Gideon said to Him, “O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands ofContinue reading “Real Questions”
Devotions for Difficult Days 