I will exalt my God the King.I will praise Your name forever.Every day I will praise Your name,And extol Your name with pleasure.Great is the Lord, worthy of praise.His greatness confounds and impacts.Generations speak of Your works.They will tell of Your mighty acts.They will speak of Your majesty!I will meditate as You lead.They will tell…
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Blessed Peace
The Lord bless youWith hope and peace.Secure in Him,Your worries release.The Lord keep youSafe in His care.May He carryThe burdens you bear.May the Lord shineOn you His face,And then you’ll seeHis mercy and grace.The Lord will liftHis Word to you,And give you peace,Everlasting and true.(Based on Numbers 6:24-26) In Numbers 6, God told Moses and…
The Fool
The fool says in his heart,“There is no God.”No one does good.Their lives are full of fraud.The Lord looks down from heavenOn the sons of men.Do they understandOr believe in God or sin?All men have turned aside.They have gone astray.There is none good.No, not one will obey.Yet, God is always with us,With His righteous men.He…
Good News
Jesus has come for the broken-hearted: To bind them up in His peace; To give freedom for captives And from the darkness release. Jesus has come to proclaim His favor, His comfort for all who mourn; Giving hope for all who grieve And a crown instead of scorn. A crown of beauty instead of ashes;…
Spring is Here
He Will Come to Us Like Rain “Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge Him. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” —Hosea 6:3 Come; let us return to the LordFor He…
The Better Life
Peace Not Anger Patience is better than pride.It is a great help in life.Be humble, meek, and graciousWhether in peace or in strife.Do not be quick to anger.Repress those thoughts and be stillFor anger lives among fools,And the heart’s depths it will fill.Don’t say this of former days,“Yesterday was much better.”It all depends on the…
Bedtime at the Zoo
By Evie Billingsley This is my granddaughter’s first published book. Last summer she attended a Harvard summer program about neurodiversity. Her study focused on understanding human brain function and disorders such as autism, Down syndrome, attention disorder, or learning disabilities. She chose anxiety as the focus of a class project that turned into this children’s…
Trusting Through Trials
Do not withhold Your mercy from me.May Your love and truth protect.For troubles will surroundAnd my sins blind and infect.They’re more than the hairs of my headAnd my heart fails within me.Be pleased, O Lord, to save and rescue.Come quickly to help, I plea.May all who seek to take my lifeBe confused and put to…
Speak Truth
I will proclaim Your righteousnessIn the assembly so great.I do not seal my lips, as You knowNor Your righteousness abate.I speak of Your loving faithfulness.Your salvation I declare.I do not conceal Your love and truth,But with everyone I share.(Based on Psalm 40:9-10) Speak truth wherever you are; in church, at home, and at work. In…
Sacrifice or Obedience
I’ll sacrifice and give offering,But those You do not desire.Burnt offerings and sin offeringsFrom me You do not require.Then I said, “Here I am, I have comeIt is written in the scroll.I desire to do Your will, O God.Your law is within my soul.”(Based on Psalm 40:6-8) Whatever we offer to the Lord has no…