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“‘Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,…’” Luke 1:78 NASB For years as I drove our children to the daycare provider I observed a couple walking slowly down the sidewalk. Appearing to be in her mid-forties the woman walked with a halting, listing gait.…

“For we walk by faith, not by sight” 2 Corinthians 5:7 With feet on the ottoman/table, I sat comfortably on the couch. “I can’t see; I can’t see!” she exclaimed. My three-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter had (again) laid herself face down across my outstretched legs, anticipating a rhythmic ride up and down as I bent my knees…

“And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, ’The Lord is with you….’” (Judges 6:12 ESV) I had finally made it. After years of praying, waiting and saving I was finally here. I had traveled almost 800 miles, flying alone for the first time in a long time. I knew…

“…Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad…. Seek His face continually.” Psalm 105:3b-4b With a full belly and the taste of her favorite dogie treats still on her tongue Lucy steps out onto the deck to survey the yard and adjacent woods. Standing perfectly still, ears erect she scrupulously studies the…

“‘ Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded…

“The Lord your God is in the midst of you…in His love He will be silent….” (Zephaniah 3:17, Amplified Bible) Sometimes we over estimate the value of words. We may offer a word of praise or consolation hoping to encourage someone, or withhold a word of loving criticism to spare one’s feeling. Words have so…

“When You said, ‘Seek My face,’ my heart said to You, ‘Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.’” (Psalm 27:8 NASB) For most of the last fifteen years, we’ve had a dog. It began when my daughter asked for a dog for her eighth birthday. After researching various breeds and their dispositions we decided on…

“I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies … as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable … service and spiritual worship.” (Romans 12:1 Amplified) It has always intrigued…

“‘Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.’” (John 14:27 NASB) I struggle with receiving the peace Jesus has given me. Since He says do not “‘let’” my heart be…

“Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer….” (Psalms 86:6, NASB) Summer. To my heart, there’s no other season worth living through. But I live in New England, so my heart (along with the rest of me) has had to make an uncomfortable truce with that white stuff that shows up every winter. Yuck. But it’s…