Deuteronomy 6:7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise. Swimming at the lake….$12. Ice cream cones…..$3.95. Bowling…..$3. Mini-golf…$1.50. Hot dogs and lemonade…$1.50. Uno, Continue Reading…
John 14:12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.” In 1804 Thomas Jefferson started cutting and pasting all the passages in the Gospels he Continue Reading…
Joshua 1:7 “Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you.” What does “courage” look like to you? Maybe you picture courage as Sam and Frodo fighting through unthinkable evil to throw the Ring into the fires of Continue Reading…
Isaiah 40:8 “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” I’ve been experiencing some green envy lately. I walk around our block every day and admire the beautifully groomed yards with their budding trees, splashes of tulips and green grass. Our grass is Continue Reading…
Luke 4: 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” If… If… If… I think Satan has a packet of doubt seeds beginning with the word—If. He tries to sow them in our hearts whenever he spots a vulnerable Continue Reading…
Mark 4:15 “Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.” A beautiful house with a wraparound porch set on a mid-size lawn surrounded by woods. I was beyond Continue Reading…
Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” “The woods are snowy, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep.” I’ve always loved that Robert Frost poem. It Continue Reading…
John 10:27 “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” My voice….When I arrived at Lakeside this summer for my annual time-away-to-write venture, my voice turned out to be the one thing I was missing. All my futile attempts to speak resulted in no more than Continue Reading…
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” The B-I-B-L-E, yes that’s the book for me. I stand alone on the Word Continue Reading…
Luke 4:1-2 “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil….” Temptation seems like such an easy thing to resist…until we’re tempted. Whether it comes in the form of denying ourselves a cookie or refusing to Continue Reading…