"Can a mother forget the infant at her breast, walk away from the baby she bore? But even if mothers forget, I'd never forget you-never. Look, I've written your names on the backs of my hands. The walls you're rebuilding are never out of my sight." Isaiah 49:15-16...
"And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19 It was the middle of December, I'd not decorated, and I was feeling guilty. During my childhood, we gave the house its holiday look the day after Thanksgiving....
It was a raw January day as the bus left Benton, Wisconsin, but Dick Wilson* barely noticed. Dick had just attended his mother's funeral.Although she'd had severe diabetes for many years and it was a relief to see her suffering end, his heart was still heavy.When the...
"After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. . . 'Heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'" (Luke 10:1, 9 NIV2)"The seventy-two...
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." John 1:1-3 (NIV)Why is Jesus called the Word?"And God said, 'Let...
"A fierce windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped." (Mark 4:37, HCSB) How often don't we face unimaginable storms in our lives? Some worry that they will be laid off; students who have finished their...
One winter long ago, a neighbour of our church phoned to complain that the church was not doing its share of clearing the sidewalks of snow. I had taken the phone call, so later after work, I went to see what had happened. As I saw it, the city had plowed the snow in...