An Encouraging Word

If you are struggling today with feeling down and discouraged, if you are shedding tears and bewailing your fate, take heart in these words.\ Even Jesus shed tears. While visiting his friend Lazarus’ tomb, “Jesus wept.” The shortest verse in the bible is perhaps the verse that most helps us see the human side ofContinue reading “An Encouraging Word”

Through the Psalms, Psalm 6

Through the Psalms, Psalm 6 I encourage you to read the entire psalm Psalm 6:6-9 “I am worn out from my groaning, All night long I flood my bed with weeping And drench my couch with tears. My eyes grow weak with sorrow; They fail because of my foes. Away from me all you whoContinue reading “Through the Psalms, Psalm 6”

Hear the Crying

Imagine if you will, Christmas day more than 2000 years ago in the town of Bethlehem.  Jesus is born.  Do you feel the crisp morning air?  Do you smell the animals and the hay?  Listen.  Do you hear the newborn crying?  Can you see Mary, seated on the floor of the stable, holding her tinyContinue reading “Hear the Crying”