There’s lots of white space below this line…I’ve not been home for several weeks, and my normal routine is a little “off,” which tends to throw everything out of whack (you know what I mean)…so, a lot of white…
Last week, a reference was made to the above passage from Proverbs. All of us understand what it looks like to hope for something, to wait, and wait, and wait, and to be consistently disappointed. We can probably can…
After an introduction last week on hope, and why I’m taking a deeper look at the biblical perspective for enlarging my understanding, it’s apparent that a glance at hope’s definition is an essential starting point. If I’m going to be…
Here are some cold, hard facts to ruin your day (nice way to start a blog, eh?): Did you know that every 11.7 minutes someone in America dies by suicide? Did you know that 123 Americans take their own…
I received a New Year’s revelation on New Year’s morning. (Note: that was revelation, not resolution.) As mentioned, I don’t do resolutions, but I do vision-casting (see last week’s blog if you’re curious). However, once the vision has been…
In the beginning, God created…By the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on the seventh day He rested… Genesis 1:1a, Genesis 2:2 We’ve just about finished our work for 2017. It’s time to…
As we drove home from an early Christmas celebration in Arizona with our Mace family (including a surprise visit from our soldier-son, Adam), Bay and I tuned into a radio talk show to pass the time. My precious game-loving…
It’s Advent….and we’re almost half way into the Season. When Advent arrives, at our house, that means Hallmark Christmas movies. Every year. As an aside, please take time to applaud my loving husband. From the end of Thanksgiving until…
Dietrich Bonhoeffer once wrote: “We have become so accustomed to the idea of divine love, and of God’s coming at Christmas, that we no longer tend to feel the shiver of awe that God’s coming should arouse in…
I chased a bible-rabbit the other morning, and landed in 1 Thessalonians, chapter 4. As the chase wound down, I caught my breath, while contemplating verse 18 and the Apostle Paul’s mandate: “Therefore, encourage one another with these words.”…