“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” (Psalms 23:5 NIV) A good many of us, myself included, have never truly known what it means to go hungry. Oh, I’ve said, “I’m starving!” many times,...
“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” (Psalms 23:4 NIV) Have you ever taken the time to truly meditate upon these words? We’re all pretty familiar with “dark valleys” of...
“He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.” (Psalms 23: 3 NIV)We all make mistakes. It’s a part of life. What we need to learn early on, however, is that our mistakes have consequences…I was in high school, and as part of our Gym curriculum, we went...
I’m not sure what is scarier: A diagnosis of cancer, heart failure or…Alzheimer’s! I’ve never had the former two diagnoses, but I can tell you that the word “Alzheimer’s” from the lips of your geriatric specialist fills your heart with never-before-fathomed dread…And...
Maybe it’s in the name. I don’t know. But even the thought of visiting a ghost town sends shivers through my veins. No, I don’t believe in ghosts, and no, I don’t believe ghost towns are haunted by their former inhabitants. Nonetheless, just looking at those abandoned...
We all have problems. Never a day goes by when we aren’t faced with plenty of them. Most of us have experienced the help our Heavenly Father pours out to us during such problematic times. Most of us have basked many, many times in His love. Why is it, then, that God...
Psalms 19 speaks forth a powerful message, one that cannot be stopped: “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no...