As we observe our nation in turmoil, we may think we are powerless and there is nothing we can do. Evil has taken a front seat on this journey we are on, and we are in the back seat feeling helpless to control the road we are traveling. This way of thinking is wrong. We have within ourselves…
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Jesus is Everything
Who is Jesus? The Bible tells us the many attributes of Jesus. Someone has counted 365 different names in the Bible given to our Savior and Lord. That would be one for every day of the year! In the book of John alone He is known as the Word (1:1), the Only Begotten Son (1:18), the Lamb of God…
God’s Help in Troubled Times
It seems like I wake up every morning to a new peril: virus pandemic, earthquakes, hurricanes, widespread fires, looting, rioting, and shootings; but I get up, pick up my bible and a cup of coffee and sit on the back patio with God and His creation. There I find peace. Why? Because God promises to be with me and…
Fishing Memories
Memories and traditions have a way of shaping our present and our future. The places we have gone and the things we have done shape our individual lives as well as our family identity. One of our family traditions is fishing. Bob took our sons Bryan and Greg fishing at a young age. We traveled to Colorado every year…
Our Only Hope
A recent devotional from Our Daily Bread has given me the inspiration for today’s blog. When knife crime rose in the United Kingdom, the British Ironwork Centre came up with an idea. Working with the police, they built 200 deposit boxes and placed them around the country. 100,000 knives were anonymously surrendered, some with bloodstains still on…
Do Your Best
Psalm 1 is the beginning of a blessed walk with God through the book of Psalms. It contrasts the holiness and happiness of a godly man with the sinfulness and misery of a wicked man. It is a message of warning, instruction, blessings, bearing fruit and consequences. 1. Warning: Are you walking down the right path? Do not walk, stand,…
The Glory of the Rainbow
We have had a lot of rain this week in Arkansas, a good opportunity to see God’s handiwork! Rainbows are an awesome phenomenon to witness. It doesn’t matter how many times I have seen one, each and every time it leaves me in awe. I have to stop and praise God for His creative beauty and wondrous power. Heavenly…
A Warning for Today
“Why do the nations conspire And the people plot in vain? Kings and rulers take their stand. Against the Lord they reign.” (Psalm 2 “A Book of Psalms”) We have people in our country who are conspiring and plotting in vain. They are taking a stand to solve our problems of social injustice by advocating…
Hope
With all that is happening in the world today and the despair we see all around us, my focus this week is on hope, the kind of hope that can only be realized in Christ. My poem, “Hope” (“From My Heart”) is based on Lamentations 3:22-32. In Chapter 3 Jeremiah was in affliction. He was walking in darkness…
A Book of Proverbs
God’s Wisdom for Today’s World Today my third book of poetry is being released and is available for purchase. I pray that it will be a guide to readers as they study the book of Proverbs and learn the truths of God’s wisdom. I would like to highlight Chapter 8 today. God’s wisdom is calling…