“In our concern to do it right, we have forgotten how to respond spontaneously to an encounter with the Divine. We remain children, depending on someone else’s approval, in that most important core of our life, the spiritual. We don’t learn how to pray, only to say approved prayers. We sit at the dark edgesContinue reading “Food for Thought”
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Trust in the Lord
I don’t know about you, but I can’t think of too many things more everlasting than a rock. How wonderful that our rock, our Savior, is everlasting. We can lean on him and rely on his strength now and for eternity. Father, thank you for being so dependable and reliable. Thank you for providing strengthContinue reading “Trust in the Lord”
Beauty Everywhere
Enjoyed these beautiful Rose of Sharon peeking over the fence on this morning’s walk. “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3: 11 Lord, I pray you will open our eyesContinue reading “Beauty Everywhere”
Faithful in the Small Things
If you think you must be a missionary or bring dozens of people to Christ, this quote is for you. God wants us to be faithful in what we do, even if it seems small to us. “So if you turn one to Christ, that one may turn a hundred; they may turn a thousand,Continue reading “Faithful in the Small Things”
One Thing
Thank you, Lord, for sacrificing Your only Son that the Psalmist’s prayer would be answered. Thank You for life with You in eternity for all believers.
Footprints in the Sand
We walk along the water’s edge, watching the foam from the waves rush up, attempting to capture the sand, then fall back to join the blue ocean water. Our heads down, we look in the sand for shells or coral unbroken by the battering waves. I stoop to examine a piece of elkhorn coral brokenContinue reading “Footprints in the Sand”