March 2nd Read: Gal. 5:1, Heb. 10:10-14; Gal. 3:17-4:7 ONCE IT WAS Once it was that God must hurl is thunderbolt to crash Or fling His mighty ocean waves Against the rocks to dash Before I thought to lift mine eyes To watch the changing sky Or, my attention caught at last, To wonder vaguely, …
March 1st Read: 1 Peter 2:1-3 and Hebrews 5:12-14 The cactus wren is the state bird of Arizona. It is a friendly bird and seems curious about everything that happens in its territory. Our RV rig was something new and different to a pair of cactus Wrens which were about that first winter in Tombstone. …
February 16th Read: Rom. 8:14-17; John 1:12 & John 14:26; Prov. 30:13-19, 24-31 There is so much to learn from God’s creation to know and understand Him better. We see His wisdom in each creature, His order in the seasons, His artistry in the sky, His care over His creatures in the provision for their …
February 15th Read: Luke 11:5-13; Matt. 6:9-13; Philippians 4:6-7, 19 During our winters in Arizona we enjoy many varieties of birds which come to our feeders. Occasionally we do not get out to fill the feeders before the birds arrive for their breakfast. The towhees will scratch among the reddish gravel stones of the yard, …
February 14th Read: Jeremiah 31:3; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15; Romans 8:35-39; 1 John 4:7-21 What a loving faithful God we serve! Nothing can separate us from His love, which is from everlasting to everlasting. It is active for us, one of God’s great activities on our behalf. It is uncaused because it is one of God’s attributes. …
February 13th Read: Isaiah 32:1-2; Hebrews 12:18-24; Psalm 139:7-12 Have you ever felt tossed about, unable to set a true course for your day, your year, your very life? … Unable to see a safe harbor ahead? I think most of us have experienced such times. When it happens in my life, the first thing …
February 12th Read: John 14:1-31 In regarding Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel painting, The Creation, one cannot help but focus on the hand of God reaching to touch fingers with Adam. Even as He breathed life into Adam, His desire was to fellowship with His creature. God’s own spiritual imprint was imparted to man. (Gen. 1:26 -27) …
February 11th Read: Rev. 19:15-16; Psa. 11:1-7; Job 34:21-22; Psa. 77:13-20; Matt. 18:11-14; and Romans 8:28-34 God’s perfect will is for justice to prevail in this world and in His universe. The believer understands that Christ upon the cross took all judgement for all our sins upon Himself. (Heb. 10:10) God’s condemnation is reserved for those …
February 28th Read: Heb. 13:5; Psalms 16:11; Psalms. 139:7-10; 46:1; Josh 1:1-18 ; Isa. 41:10 Joshua was facing the great challenge of his life. The LORD instructed him to take over the leadership of Israel after Moses died. There lay the Jordan River to be crossed at the flood. Some of the tribes wanted to stay …
February 27th Read: 2 Cor. 6:1-2 and Matthew 19:13-15 As we reared our children it was our hearts’ desire to see them in full relationship with Christ and serving Him. Because each one had to come individually to Him, for God has no grandchildren, only children, we had no idea what to expect in this …