Psalm 97 gives a fresh perspective on the old children’s song, “This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine.”

I love the imagery of God sowing good things for me to discover and explore. . . .

In her book, Judy shares her eye-opening failure. She managed to rally enough support to get an apartment and furniture, etc. for a homeless woman. Instead of helping the woman, it drove her back to drinking. . . .

My internal voice said, “She needs somebody to talk to.”

She sat at the end of the aisle with a blank stare. Church was over. The pastor had blessed us and dismissed us. But she just sat there. . . .

Do you need a ray of hope today? I found one in an unlikely place.

Poor Jeremiah was caught up in . . .

It was painful to watch. At my cousin’s “celebration of life,” her husband and grown sons struggled to make sense of “a life taken too soon.” One son sobbed how . . . .

Zechariah and Elizabeth were well-loved and esteemed by their community. They were righteous and observant of God’s commands, yet they had grown old and remained childless. Zechariah had no sons to . . .

I was so moved by this psalm written by Frank Curtiss, that I just had to share it with you (with his permission, of course). Frank is currently writing a book of psalms . . .

Yesterday I “corrected” my sister in Christ. My words were not a rebuke, . . . but they were not encouraging either. Since, I strive to be the encourager, my heart filled with regret. The enemy took advantage of the situation to remind me of all the other times I have failed to be encouraging . . . and worse! . . .

I love this imagery of the universe standing on its tippytoes. I imagine demons scurrying in haste because their time is short, and angels leaning over the balcony of heaven with . . . .

The lament of poor fisherman, dockworkers, and fishwives of Portugal in the 1820s created a musical genre called Fado. Fado has a mournful tune, infused with emotions of loss and resignation to a hopeless fate. Many a Fado song wails about the loss of her mariner husband at sea.

In that day, sailing . . .

Here’s the secret: The gospel of grace has made you, non-Jewish believers, into coheirs of His promise through your union with Him. And you have now become members of His body – one with the Anointed One! Ephesians 3:6 TPT

With the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the secret is out. God intended, from eternity past, to . . . .