“I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13 “It’s life, that’s all, kiddo.” My dad says. My father and I are walking the muddy edge of the Mohican River, both of us doing a pretty bad job of avoiding the puddles, I remember. … Continue reading Goodness, by Beth Duewel
I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Phil 4:13 Life has many tricky seasons and I’m in several. Can I get some empathy or solidarity? My family and I are rallying to care for an elderly relative who is advanced in years and now experiencing some significant decline. I don’t find it … Continue reading Can, by Debb Hackett
“He is just and having salvation” Zechariah 9:9 Writers are notorious for having little filler words they need to eliminate from their text to tighten their writing. These are words like: well, so, and my personal favorite—just. I love the word just and can’t help using it… excessively. But through effort and attention I’ve learned … Continue reading Just, by Lori Altebaumer
‘So the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels.’ Ex 40:38 The word today takes us all the way back to the Old Testament, to the Israelites on their forty-year journey looking for the promised land. They’ve … Continue reading Cloud, by Debb Hackett
‘Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,’ Hebrews 12:1 NIV I love it when a big, hefty novel has a twisty plot that I … Continue reading Entangles, by Catherine Hutton