Water closed over my head; I said, "I am lost." Lamentations 3:54 ESV Momma decided we needed to learn to swim the summer before I turned twelve. Living in the…
"Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey. Revelation 10:9 I ached all over. My stomach was upset,…
"And we urge you...admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all." 1 Thess. 5:14-18 ESV We sat in Panera Bread, sipping coffee and playing…
It will break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a hearth or scooping water out…
"I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins." Isaiah 43:25 I have often mentioned memories of my Momma…
“For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matthew 22:14 ESV "Today, we're playing dodgeball!" Cheers and groans were the mingled response from my gym classmates. Cheers rang out…
"So the last will be first, and the first last. ... And whoever would be first among you must be your slave…." Matthew 20:16, 27 First Grade. A lot of…
Every day, I will bless You and praise Your name forever and ever. Psalm 145:2 ESV Margins. The blank edges surrounding the printed words on a page call out my…
"Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart." Psalm 77:6 What’s on your playlist? I’m not talking about your playlist on Spotify, Apple Music,…
Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. Isaiah 49:16 ESV At the beginning of winter, I’m grateful for the walls…
"Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail." Jeremiah 7:8 Context. As a culture, we seem to have forgotten not only the meaning but also the importance of this…
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. Psalm 51:17 She was perfect - absolutely beautiful. She was exactly…
“Be very careful, therefore, to love the LORD your God.” Joshua 23:11 ESV Careless Love. It sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? How can you truly love someone or something…
Dear One, Before the foundations of the world were laid, Before the glittering stars and galaxies were hung in their special places, And the planets were set a spinning, Before…