Welcome To THE NUGGET The Stairs May 29, 2021 Do you live in a house with stairs? Or perhaps you have stairs to climb in your office building. Or if not, maybe there are stairs to enter your church, your doctor’s office, you... Well, I think we all get the picture. Stairs are everywhere. The house we currently live in is about 50 years old, but it has been meticulously maintained. You can see in every square inch ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET He Certainly Has May 27, 2021 "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you." (Eph. 4:32 ESV) I live in a poor part of the country. Most people around here can’t afford a new car and struggle to keep their old cars running. The worn, mountain roads too pile up potholes faster than people can patch them. It isn’t unusual then to see someone hi ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Power of God's Word May 25, 2021 "'No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,' declares the Lord." (Isaiah 54:17 NIV) I remembered when my son, Thomas, was a child, I wasn't able to get mad at him. Every time I would start to get angry, he wouldn ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Beaches? Or Blizzards? May 22, 2021 I felt kind of bad, really. While we lounged on a beautiful tropical beach in Grenada, our family and friends back home were undergoing a major winter storm so severe that the schools were closed and my mother's personal support service that helps her bathe and dress each day was canceled. While we cooled off in the crystal clear waters, blizzard-like snows ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Boat May 20, 2021 "Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: 'When you reach the edge of the Jordan's waters, go and stand in the river.' Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water's edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away..." (Joshua 3:8,15,16a N ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET When Fear Attacks May 18, 2021 It will be Memorial Day in the United States at the end of May. Are you celebrating Memorial Day? Or are you trying to remove the memory of the personal battles that you sometimes fight, but often lose? Not long ago, I sat at the gate, waiting to board the last leg of my trip home. I settled in, listening for the announcement to pre-board. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Puddle May 15, 2021 After 18 hours of heavy rain, the sun that popped out from behind the clouds couldn't have been more welcome, and my husband and I hurried into our shoes and headed out for a walk.  Our biggest hurdle was all the puddles on the sidewalks, and we often found ourselves going into the street to avoid getting our feet wet. Ahead of us was a grandpa out with his 3-year-old ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The City on a Hill May 13, 2021 I recently saw a video on-line called The Atheist Delusion, featuring interviews by Ray Comfort.  Most of those interviewed were young people, who claimed to be atheists; in their teen years they failed to see believable evidence for the existence of God, and so concluded that belief in Him made no sense.  There was a desire for compelling evidence to change their minds, and Ray continu ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET But I Don't Feel Worthy Today... May 8, 2021 I don't feel worthy today. I don't feel worthy to write this devotional or to carry out this ministry God has given me. Why? Because I disappointed God yesterday. It was one of those days. I snapped and snarled at those I love; I made others around me acutely aw ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Batteries May 6, 2021 "For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands." (2 Timothy 1:6 NIV) During the long dark winter months, I use a headlamp when I am outside doing morning chores. Sometimes however I find that seeing things as clearly as I need to is difficult. The morning seems even darker than usual. When this ...Continue Reading