RE: My Advice Date: January 2020 I know you cringe when someone tells you to keep your chin up and everything will be fine. I know what you’re thinking: “You have no idea how this
Read moreTo My Future Former Self
Tag: encouragement
Hope for a New Year
Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and
Read moreA Baby for Christmas
For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah
Read moreFollow the Leader
When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, be on the alert! That will be the signal that the Lord is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine
Read moreEternally Secure
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever. Psalm 23:6b NJKV Even when camping in the open country, I need it. Security is a God-created basic human need. From the moment of birth,
Read moreEach New Sunrise
This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 NLT Early morning was his time—and the porch was his place. This month, we celebrate fathers, but since grandfathers—of
Read moreTelling the Best Story
O God, we have heard it with our own ears—our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago. Psalm 44:1 NLT As I sat very still, he told
Read moreSheltered with Peace
The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. Psalm 9:9 NLT A shelter can be a welcome sight—and it often was for me. The Appalachian Trail—which extends from Springer Mountain, Georgia,
Read moreThe Gentleness of Religion
Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. James 1:27 NLT One phone call, and
Read moreEnjoying the Love of Togetherness
How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers (or sisters or husbands and wives) live together in harmony! Psalm 133:1 NLT I rediscovered the love of togetherness while hiking in the mountains. My daughter and
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