Tag Archives: God’s Promises

Robins

The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. – Deuteronomy 31:8   As I sit here in my office on the … Continue reading

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Convicted

By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life. – Psalm 42:8   Most of the country has experienced at least a piece of the bad weather … Continue reading

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Skeptical

Skeptical: (adj)  Inclined to skepticism; having or showing doubt.    I am always impressed with words and the connotations they provide.  Take doubt for example.  To say that you doubt something has a negative connotation.  However, if you were to … Continue reading

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Beautiful

The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands. – Psalm 138:8   “Mirror, mirror on the wall…”  A classic line from a classic children’s story.  Of … Continue reading

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Iridescent

I recently watched “Flipped,”  a Rob Reiner film based on the young adult novel written by Wendelin Van Draanen.  I must admit that I have never read the book and had no clue what the plot would be, except that … Continue reading

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First Snow

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end. I know that nothing is better for them … Continue reading

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Battalions

“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions…”  Hamlet Act IV, Scene 5   Shakespeare may have penned these words over 400 years ago, but he was by no means the first person to experience this phenomenon … Continue reading

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Unfamiliar

I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; … Continue reading

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Out of the Dark

Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.  The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.  I have come into the world … Continue reading

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Promotion by Erosion

The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and … Continue reading

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