Sunday, October 28, 2018
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Thursday, August 16, 2018
Monday, August 13, 2018
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018
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Monday, May 7, 2018
Monday, April 30, 2018
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Sunday, April 22, 2018
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Saturday, April 14, 2018
It's Sunday!
St. Paul's Chapel downtown NYC. Built 1764-66. Only Colonial Era church to survive.
I'm choosing this image today because I was able to walk by this historic church this past week. It was the little church that stood as the World Trade Centers fell on Sept 11, 2001, and it was a place of refuge and rest for those who worked the on the tragic site afterwards.
Thank you for your service.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Monday, April 2, 2018
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Friday, March 30, 2018
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Monday, March 26, 2018
Sunday, March 25, 2018
It's Palm Sunday!
Matthew 21:9 English Standard Version (ESV)
9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
Hosanna - Phil Driscoll
Monday, March 19, 2018
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Friday, March 16, 2018
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Friday, March 9, 2018
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Monday, March 5, 2018
Sunday, March 4, 2018
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Monday, February 26, 2018
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Contagious Courage
Romans 10:10-17 English Standard Version (ESV)
10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11 For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?[a] And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Mark 16:15 English Standard Version (ESV)
15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
The day of Billy Graham's death and home going, I overheard a conversation mocking him. It saddened me that a hero of the faith could be so disparaged; but it also saddened me for the souls of the mirthful.
Romans 1:22 Good News Translation (GNT)
22 They say they are wise, but they are fools;
I grew up with Billy Graham. My mother would call us children in from play on a long summer evening to watch his crusades and my own obedience to her call was tinged with reluctance. Still there was something this man on a grainy black and white TV calling people to accept Christ that compelled me to watch and then marvel as the people came forward to do so. This week I read a sidebar article on his death in the news that explained what evangelism was and suggested that it was a passing phase in Christianity. It surprised me that something I learned as a child, the call to proclaim the gospel, was first necessary to explain and then treated as a historical footnote. The death of Billy Graham doesn't negate my own responsibility to proclaim the gospel, even if I fall too often into reluctant obedience. I pray that my spine may be stiffened by this brave man. It's my job to love as well.
Friday, February 23, 2018
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Well Done, Billy, Well Done
Matthew 25:23 New King James Version (NKJV)
23 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
Monday, February 19, 2018
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Great Love, Great Grief
Weep With Me (Reprise) - Rend Collective
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Friday, February 16, 2018
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Monday, February 12, 2018
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Because I'm Missing Someone...
John 16:22 English Standard Version (ESV)
22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
...I haven't been blogging much; but I have been writing! I've been writing the young man who used to live in my home but is now in service to his country. I've been writing letters of encouragement, humor, remember when's, love and prayers. I guess that's what Mom's do, especially since his dog can't.
Michael W. Smith - How To Say Goodbye
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Oh Lord, You're Beautiful
Head of Christ - Rembrandt
Psalm 27:4
One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple.
Isaiah 28:5
In that day the LORD of hosts will become a beautiful crown And a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people;
Isaiah 33:17
Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will behold a far-distant land.
Oh Lord, You're Beautiful - Michael W. Smith
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Monday, February 5, 2018
Still Soaring
Isaiah 40:31 English Standard Version (ESV)
31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
Why Walk When You Can Fly - Mary Chapin Carpentner
Sunday, February 4, 2018
Ready For Some Football!
Ephesians 5:21 English Standard Version (ESV)
21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Soon my husband will return from work and expect to watch the Super Bowl he's been taping. That means soon I'll be watching the Super Bowl also. Our young man who once lived in this house but is now serving his country won't be here to watch the game with his dad, so I'll be his replacement. Am I ready for some football? Sometimes we are called to serve on the home front. Here's hoping he won't notice me bringing my Kindle to the game!
Saturday, February 3, 2018
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Monday, January 29, 2018
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Monday, January 22, 2018
Dance Like David
Psalm 51:8 English Standard Version (ESV)
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
I could blame my poor dancing on my rheumatoid arthritis but my sense of rhythm is more likely at fault. Today, however, while uploading a new song by Rend Collective, I discovered I could dance even if only from my computer chair, because I found myself rejoicing as I worshipped my Lord. So inflamed joints notwithstanding, I will dance like David danced.
“I have one desire now – to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.” ~Elisabeth Elliot
I Will Be Undignified - Rend Collective
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Friday, January 19, 2018
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Monday, January 15, 2018
Sunday, January 14, 2018
It's Still Sunday!
Psalm 133English Standard Version (ESV)
When Brothers Dwell in Unity
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
133 Behold, how good and pleasant it is
when brothers dwell in unity![a]
2 It is like the precious oil on the head,
running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
running down on the collar of his robes!
3 It is like the dew of Hermon,
which falls on the mountains of Zion!
For there the Lord has commanded the blessing,
life forevermore.
God Be With You - Selah
Friday, January 12, 2018
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Monday, January 8, 2018
Our Christ: Our Delight and Our Joy
No One Can Steal Our Joy - Tenth Avenue North
Dad,
I wish you could see him now, maybe you can from Heaven, you'd be so proud of him. Are you and Grandma and Grandpa getting to say, "Look at him! He's ours!"? I hope so. Thank you for our heritage of faith in Jesus Christ. We'll see you when we get there.
Sunday, January 7, 2018
Saturday, January 6, 2018
Friday, January 5, 2018
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Monday, January 1, 2018
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