April 28th Read: Psalm 33:12-22 and Hebrews 13:7 Psalm 33:20, “Our soul waiteth for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.” In this verse the meaning of the word waiteth in Hebrew means ‘to adhere to’ … a good English word which means to stick to, like glue. In Colossians (3:l4) Paul tells …
April 27th Read: Lamentations 3:22-26 In this passage, the word ‘wait” in the Hebrew means to quietly wait. The word ‘hope’ in the Hebrew is a primary root meaning to twist or to whirl, to writhe in pain, as of childbirth, hence to hope, to wait patiently. Please notice the word ‘both’ in the passage. …
April 26th Read: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 The Christian life is a series of lessons which often seem to be interruptions to our forward motion. Sometimes we seem to be stalled for long periods and are left wondering and often complaining about the circumstances. Paul suggests that endurance is the secret, and the secret of endurance …
April 25th Read: Acts 9:1-9 and 1 Samuel 15:1-23 The peony buds were huge that year, boding extra-large blossoms. I bolstered the stems carefully, encircling them with several stakes and then with heavy string so that the winds off the lake or the sudden June thunderstorms would not break or bow them to the ground. …
April 24th Read: Phil. 4:19; Matthew 6:33; 1 Peter 5:7 It took me a long, long time to dare to share my poetry with anyone! It was so very personal. Neither of my parents read poetry, as far as I knew. Certainly my husband did not. So I kept these urgent thoughts which God was …
April 23rd Read: Psalm 142:1-7; 78:1-4 Did you ever have urgent thoughts which you just could not utter, or if you did utter them, no one seemed interested? I had a time during my first marriage when communication broke down between my husband and me. Whenever I attempted to share my deepest thoughts with him, …
April 22nd Read: Acts 9:1-22; 8:26-40; Luke 5:27-28; 19:1-10 Saul of Tarsus, Philip the Evangelist, Levi the tax collector, and Zaccheus all had something in common … an unexpected occurrence which changed their lives or the life of someone else. Saul became the Apostle Paul, his life turned completely around after he met the risen …
April 21st Read: Psalm 96:1-13; Acts 17:28; Phil. 4:4; Psalm 150:1-6 All of creation responds to the Creator. How can we do less and not be ungrateful to Him? How can we go about our daily lives and not thank Him for our very breath? How can we accept His provision and neglect to acknowledge …
April 20th Read: John 12:23-25; Heb. 10:18; Gen. 1:20-31; 2:7-8; 1 Cor. 15:35-50 Every form of physical life here on earth must die, because physical life is not eternal. It is temporal. It is given to us by our Creator to last His length of time for His purposes. In this respect we are the …
April 19th Read: Hebrews 11:1-3 and John 14:15-18 “THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN” The resurrection stir of life As Springtime walks the land, The freedom feel, the childhood feel Of ‘barefoot in the sand’; The warmth that steals into my heart When an enemy shakes my hand, These show me God is here. A …