Psalm 13 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? Waiting is hard. Sometimes waiting is downright painful, heart-wrenching, aggravating and heart hardening…
John 13:10 Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean.” The other day I took a walk under the brilliant blue sky, warmed by the sun, the crisp fall air kept the tip of my nose cold. I…
Titus 3:4-7 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on…
Matthew 7:9-11 Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will…
Matthew 6 …And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors… I have struggled with a family member, who has hurt me multiple times. My trust would be broken repeatedly until there was, and still is no trust at all. It seemed almost a sport to degrade…
2 Corinthians 11 … And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. I spent hours at a mall last weekend. I did not think it had been so long since I had been to a mall. Perhaps it was the location of the…
Psalm 118:21 I will give You thanks, for You have answered me; You have become my salvation. I was asked this week, what I do when I am waiting for an answer from God. I had to think about that. Waiting is hard and I have had to do…
John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers…
Psalm 63:2-5 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. I…
John 12:24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Sitting one day in the tiny hair salon getting my hair cut, I looked out the window…
