Musings

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…

I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain…

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the…

Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble…

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to…

“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, You who have been borne by Me from birth And have been carried from…