faith and blessings

Thanksgiving, 2009: Count your blessings, for they are abundant!

Last year was a very hard Thanksgiving; my father, who is 91 years old, was doing very poorly and I was not certain how much longer he would be with us. Daddy was too weak and disoriented to make it...

What Do I Know of Holy?

This song was recommended to me by a darling young lady who is in my daughter's class at school: Addison Road And here are the lyrics: I made You promises a thousand times I tried to hear from Heaven...

THIS is how "the Lost Get Found," Christian!

Britt Nicole just went out and opened her eyes and looked to see who God had placed in front of her - and then she did her best to shine God's love into their lives. Why don't you - why don't I - why...

Wednesday morning Spurgeon: He goes before us

Image via Wikipedia Always First in Fellowship "He goeth before you into Gailee; there shall ye see Him, as He said unto you" (Mark 16:7). Where He appointed to meet His disciples, there He would be...

Um, yeah, er... About that Calvin's Institutes thing?

Can you tell I've fallen waaaaay behind on that? I mean, nothing since May?!*sigh* I guess, sometimes, I really set myself up for failure... But, on the other hand, my daily Bible readings are going...

Thursday morning Spurgeon

Image via Wikipedia "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon" (Psalm 92:12). These trees are not trained and pruned by man: palms and cedars are "trees...

"... the things that are unseen are eternal."

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond...

I waited on the LORD, and He inclined to me and heard my cry

My post this morning about some of the frustrations I've been having with my walk with God has drawn some wonderfully encouraging and helpful feedback (thank You, God, for these friend's You've given...

Verse of the Day

Since my brother Michael posted Micah 6:8 for his verse today, I thought I'd post mine... Mainly because I'm having issues with it. Since the beginning of June, I've been having real issues with...

God is faithful - and He has His people EVERYWHERE

We had a nasty scare today: we accidentally left my Hilton Grand Vacations beach bag at A-Bay today, and when we returned for it -within about 20 minutes - it was gone. A nearby family said that a...