Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Unanswered Prayers August 26, 2022 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. ~ James 4:3 NIV ~ "When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures." (James 4:3 NIV) ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Music Within March 5, 2023 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you— I whom you have delivered. ~ Psalms 21:3 NIV ~ "My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you— I whom you have delivered." (Psalms 71:23 NIV) I am not sure how many years ago it was. I know it was a while back because I still had a cassette p ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Unwanted Rag Dolls March 3, 2023 /We were already chosen to be God's own children by Christ./ ~ Eph. 1:11 NLB ~ Classic Illustrator, appeared New Years 2007 To be loved means to be chosen. Have you ever felt like an unwanted rag doll? Like there was no one who accepted you for who you were? Like you didn't match ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Press Onward! March 1, 2023 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. ~ Romans 5:3-4 NLT Tickly feelings on my fingers awakened me from my snooze in the recliner. I opened my eyes to see beady eyes glaring up ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Fearfully and Wonderfully Made February 27, 2023 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. ~ Psalms 139:14a ESV ~ "You have a very short frenum," the dentist announced as she removed her hands from my mouth. "A what?" "A frenum. It's the piece of soft tissue that runs in a t ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Quilt of Life February 26, 2023 How you made me is amazing and wonderful. I praise you for that. ~ Psalms 139:14a NIRV ~ "How you made me is amazing and wonderful. I praise you for that." (Psalm 139:14a NIRV) As I have written before, I am not a quilter, but I can derive pleasure by proxy as I admire the finished products of exp ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Only Way to Stop a War... February 24, 2023 /The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective./ ~ James 5:16 NIV ~ Like so many in the world, I was totally appalled the day Russian forces invaded Ukraine. Russia had to be stopped! So many people were hurting, so many civilians were dying! I wanted to do something. Oh, I had ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Security Blankets February 22, 2023 So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. ~ Mark 10:50 NRSV ~ In the Peanuts comic strip, Linus has his security blanket. Over a 35-year period, he experienced a love/hate relationship with this well-worn blanket. After all, it had been a part of his life from the very beginning. The blanket gave Linus comfort and suppor ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Perspectives on Possessions February 20, 2023 Store your treasures in heaven... ~ Matthew 6:20a NLT ~ "Don't store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven." (Matthew 6:19-20a NLT) Extravagant beyond imagination was all that ran thro ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Roger and His Guitars February 19, 2023 ...by his wounds we are healed... ~ Isaiah 53:5b NIV ~ "But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5 NIV) "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, ...Continue Reading