The rocker creaked gently as my grandma moved back and forth. Her early morning chores were completed. Each family member had eaten the breakfast she had prepared according to their…
"Choose this day whom you will serve...." Joshua 24:15 ESV Choices, choices, choices. Numerous studies and online resources cite 35,000 as the average number of choices we make daily. Experts…
“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…
"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,…
“Now set your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God.” 1 Chronicles 22:19 Spring is coming. Sunshine dispels the gray clouds of winter, buds begin to sprout on…
“Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven….” Lamentations 3:41 ESV As babies, our sons’ soft little hands were always in motion. Busy baby fingers constantly…
"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters….” Isaiah 55:1a The scorching heat of Texas summer days often forced my sister and me out to the yard to find relief…
“But You, O LORD, know me; You see me, and test my heart toward You.” Jeremiah 12:3 While growing up, I was frequently reminded that God sees and knows everything.…
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land.... My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge…. Hosea 4:1,…
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; His understanding is beyond measure. Psalm 147:5 Have you ever said, “I serve a big God”? I know that I have. But…
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits, Who forgives all your iniquity, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from the pit, Who…