Musings

Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers … The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him. For he knows how weak…

Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer.…

My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me; But I have calmed and…

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. —1 Corinthians 13:6 NIV I’m so very glad this particular verse is included in the “love chapter” (1 Corinthians…

Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. —1 Corinthians 13:4b-5a (NLT) We start demanding our own way quite early in…

Love is patient, love is kind. —1 Corinthians 13:4a NIV They had one child. She was born with cerebral palsy. She needed the kind of care that made them realize…

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. —1 Corinthians 13:1 NLT…

For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again. —Proverbs 24:16a NIV Our first kitten was a doozy. Her name was Tiger Lily—“Lily” was added to let folks…

… for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth…

Kind words are like honey— sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. —Proverbs 16:24 NLT Ask my husband. Or my children. Or anyone who knows me. I talk…

You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. —Psalm 139:16…

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in…