Musings

Note from Sharon: My lovely mother wrote this beautiful memory for her church’s newsletter this Christmas. When I saw it, especially the last lines, my eyes filled with glad tears,…

For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. —Isaiah 41:13 NIV ** Hidden…

“I am the Lord’s servant … may your word to me be fulfilled.” —Luke 1:38a NIV Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. —Luke 2:19…

He will be a joy and a delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth. —Luke 1:14 NIV Imagine what must it have been like to live…

But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge.…

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? —Isaiah 43:19a NIV Our God has done a “new thing” this year, and we…

There was also a prophet, Anna … She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then was a widow until she was…

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. —Proverbs 9:10 NIV Turkey (slang): one who is inept; a failure; a…

In the past, he let all nations go their own way. Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and…

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts. Acts 2:46 (ESV) His gnarled, arthritic hands…

Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a…

Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. (Proverbs 17:6 NIV) I used to know how to say “no” quite well. When…