(1 minute, 40 seconds) God, in ongoing kindness, invites us to know Him through His Word and His creation. The Bible is filled with descriptions of God and loaded with truths about who He is, what He’s like, and His heart for us. Like a…

(2 minutes) Unlike some people, my mind isn’t full of vivid memories from my childhood years. However, I recall in brilliant detail my Christmas gift from 1973 and using it for the first time. I took my “doctor bag” that I had just received, complete…

Washing, Watching, and Waiting(1 minute, 31 seconds) We had company for the weekend, and this morning I’m washing sheets and re-preparing our guest room. Our next overnight company isn’t scheduled for another few weeks, but I like to be prepared. I have been known to…

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus – Sara GrovesO How We’ve Longed – Jonathan and Emily MartinOnce Upon – Sovereign Grace MusicBorn On That Day – Matt MaherO Come, All You Unfaithful – Sovereign Grace MusicLight Of The World – Lauren DaigleHope Of The Ages –…

(2 minutes 29 seconds)November 22, 2023 Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, we will break a 20-year-long tradition. Established many years ago, our family’s particular custom of giving thanks holds the sweetest of places in my holiday memories. Since our children were very young, after turkey and mashed…

Rejoice In This (1 minute, 26 seconds) Today, my heart hurts over the collective suffering of several people for whom I care deeply. Unfortunately, my suffering friends have this in common: their afflictions are not the run-of-the-mill daily bummers that we all experience. Instead, they are…

Sweeter After Difficulties – Dulcius Ex Asperis(2 minutes, 58 seconds -A personal testimony) I used to love running. On peaceful country roads all over the mid-west, I de-stressed as I prayed, sang, and solved oh-so-many problems. Then suddenly,  I couldn’t run. Snatched from me ten…

(2 minutes, 1 seconds) I heard a story about a woman who had stopped her car at a red light when a man with a gun suddenly opened the passenger side door and jumped into the seat next to her. As the story goes, this…

(2 minutes, 15 seconds) In a self-entertaining effort to expand my vocabulary, I signed up for a daily email called “Word Daily.” The word of the day is usually somewhat eccentric and strange. I often have no clue how to pronounce the new-to-me word, and…

(2 minutes, 14 seconds) Many things are different for my husband and me now that our nest is empty. Take, for instance, the whole realm of food and eating. With our birdies gone, we sometimes eat out spontaneously. There is no longer a filled cookie…