December 13th Read: James 3:17-18 and Isaiah 9:6 We should prepare our hearts for Christmas so that others might see our worshipful and giving attitudes and so that God will be glorified. He has given us many gifts to pass along to others. We should desire to do that for Him. CHRISTMAS PRAYER Oh Lord, …
December 12th Read: 1 Peter 3:7 Often, as women, we don’t understand what really makes us tick! If we don’t understand ourselves how can we expect a husband or any man to understand us? Sometimes tears come at the most inexplicable times. When we seek a reason for the deep emotional response, we are often …
December 11th Read: Psalm 43:27:1 and Matthew 5:14-16 When the world seems dark around me, I need to see the Light of the World, Jesus. When lies oppress me from without, I need the Truth, Jesus. My heart needs filling constantly with the Steady Light, Jesus. God did send out His Light one dark night …
December 9th Read: Matthew 24,30-31; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Revelation 19:11-16 Big events . . . the time the governor of our state rode by our house when I was a kid and waved at my sister and me sitting on the terrace in front of the house. We remember big events like Pearl Harbor Day, …
December 9th Read: Genesis 2:7-10 and Genesis 3:8; John 19:41 God’s sense of beauty led Him to plant a garden called Eden and to put His new creation, man, in it. It was a place for Adam to work and a place, evidently, where he and Eve met God as He walked there for communion …
December 8th Read: Psalm 16:11 and Psalm 94:19; Isaiah 55:1-2 The things listed in the poem below may not be the things which bring delight to you. God, however, has given me all of these delightful things in my life from His great heart of love. As I respond to Him and His delights in …
December 7th Read: Psalm 107:20-30, 35, 40 and Psalm 36:8-9 When an orchestra tunes before a performance, it is to bring all of the instruments in harmony with each other. The conductor’s baton is the way of keeping the orchestra in rhythmic harmony. God’s world is an orderly one, a harmonic one. Things proceed in …
December 6th Read: 2 Corinthians 8:1-5; John l6:33; Acts 14:22 This world offers tribulations, but Jesus offers His eternity of verdant valleys. THE BEND I climb the long and tortuous way Up rocky crag, its steep incline Menacing, filling me with dismay Lest I should slip into the brine That lies in waiting there below. …
December 5th Read: John 12:24-25; 10:28-29; 11:25-26 I used to play the ‘cello. Never once did I think of the tree which died to create my instrument! I should imagine that many trees have been sacrificed over the years for pianos and stringed instruments. We had a fireplace at one time and a wood-burning stove …
December 4th Read: 1 John 4:7-8, 16 and Matthew 11:28 Jesus always has the welcome-mat out. His invitation to come to Him is as valid today as it was when He walked this Earth. Just as a welcoming house is a place to rest, so is He. Just as a welcoming face shows forth joy …