Jeremiah 31:3 I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. My husband and I recently had the opportunity to see the theatre production of Beautiful, a musical depicting the life of singer-songwriter Carole King. She had just released her Grammy- winning album, Tapestry, in the early Continue Reading…
1 John 4:16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. [NIVUK] What does it mean to know God loves us? Brennan Manning once said, “Did you know I loved you?” is the most Continue Reading…
Psalm 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it. Nana, Mimi, Gammie, Memaw…all sweet nicknames for Grandmas. I have a new one though, one unique to my 1 ½ year old grandson. “That.” There’s nothing quite so endearing as having the smiling little guy run toward me exclaiming, “That! That!” At least my husband has Continue Reading…
Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. “B-15… N-38…O-64…. Bingo!” My husband and I had been looking for a way to connect more with our 6-year-old grandson. Since the family lives about seven hours away from us, our times together are limited. Continue Reading…
John 13:35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” I recently attended a dinner theatre to watch Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap. I love mysteries, but I clearly missed a few clues. And the most jarring oversight didn’t even occur in Continue Reading…
Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). My husband and I recently drove from Pennsylvania to Rhode Island to watch our 6-year-old grandson star as the Grinch in his kindergarten play. We weren’t driving Continue Reading…
1 John 3:17 But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? I recently read a story once reported in the New York Times about a man preparing to complete his college degree. Continue Reading…
Matthew 18:33 “And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?” Our culture seethes with the push to make people pay for wrongs done in the past. I love justice as much as the next person, but I think sometimes we can Continue Reading…
Ephesians 5:31-32 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. Do you enjoy mysteries? How about profound mysteries? Profound mysteries involving love? Continue Reading…
