SCRIPTURE Psalm 95:6-7 – O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. GOD’S HERD I own 30 stuffed sheep of varying sizes. That’s not a statement many people…
SCRIPTURE Ezekiel 36:26 – A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. ALLERGIES In like a lion and out like a lamb. Each year as the month of March…
SCRIPTURE Psalm 128:1-2 – Happy is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways. You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you. TIRED AND ACHY My body was achy and exhausted from a long weekend. Days of non-stop movement…
SCRIPTURE Psalm 128:1 – Happy is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways. DO YOU PROMISE? The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. The familiar words of Robert Frost’s poem* indicate that…
SCRIPTURE Psalm 121:8 – The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore. In November 1992, some friends and I attended a great hockey game. My girlfriends and I attended all the home games, but this night was different as one of my friends brought along some…
SCRIPTURE Isaiah 51:3 – For the LORD will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places and will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song. RE-BOOT I don’t always understand technology. I know a…
SCRIPTURE Genesis 4:7 – If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it. GOOD GUYS As I was growing up, we spent a lot of time playing in the great outdoors. Adventure…
SCRIPTURE Genesis 4:7 – If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it. GOOD GUYS As I was growing up, we spent a lot of time playing in the great outdoors. Adventure…
SCRIPTURE Psalm 32:11 – Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart. DOWNPOURS AND DUCKS “Let’s grab a loaf of bread and head over to the city park to feed the ducks.” Having grown up enjoying life’s simple pleasures, I knew this was a Sunday…
SCRIPTURE Psalm 25:6-7 – Be mindful of your mercy, O LORD, and of your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD! REASSURANCES The teenage plan: Thanksgiving lunch…