Psalm 4:8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.Our hotel room was very dark that night.The blackout curtains were doing their job very well, concealing any outside glow from our room. I closed my eyes and snuggled close to...
Create in me a clean heart, O GodThe wind was blowing with a blustery intensity and the white caps formed their frothy displays as the ocean waves rolled onto the shore. There were several rows of whitecaps - each breaking at different times, giving the waves a...
Job 37:15 Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes His lightning flash?I believe each of us likes to be “in control” of our lives, and we want to know where we are going. This is definitely true for me, especially if I am going to take a car trip. I always...
I King 19:11-13 (paraphrased) He did not hear the Lord in the wind, the earthquake or the fire. Butthen Elijah heard the Lord in a gentle whisper.Not long ago,I was driving in heavy traffic on 285, the perimeter road in Atlanta. Cars were moving at a fast rate of...
Hebrews 4:12 "For the Word of God is living and active..."The tide rolled back early that morning. As the waves receded into the deep, they left a fresh array of shells on the newly exposed beach. The display was plentiful, and the "shell seekers" were out in force....
Ps. 91 :11 for He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways/Although it happened almost 10 years ago, I remember when we received a call every parent dreads. It was not as devastating as it could have been, however, because our daughter...
1 Cor 13:13b "the greatest of these is love"/I remember when my mother in law had to do a major sorting out.Ten years previously she went through this process when she became a widow and moved out of her large Florida home to an apartment in Ga. Now she had to move...