Musings

Three Simple Prayers for Hard Times

Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. —Lamentations 2:19a NIV I was…

True Love Sacrifices

Today’s Musing is reprinted from May 2020. This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our…

One Little Bird—One Big Lesson

Today’s Musing is from Margaret Fowler. This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is…

Hugs From Heaven

And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we…

Who Are You?

The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. —Psalm 46:7 NIV Every evening around dusk, five white-tailed deer tiptoe out of the woods and stroll…

Going Home

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord,…

Do You Know the King?

“Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’ But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’” —Matthew 25:11-12 NIV I don’t…

Walk, Stand, Sit

Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his…

View from the Top

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. —Romans 12:14 NASB As I peered through the window from thirty-thousand feet in the air, the earth looked limitless. It…

Rediscovering Stillness

“I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken. … Let all…

Seasons of Life

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. —Ecclesiastes 3:1 Our family recently sat together with a box of old photographs from times gone by,…