Discouraged? Do it anyway!

“It is Me they are rejecting, when they reject you…” “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ (Matthew 25:40) Life can be discouraging. Living in a far from perfect world, we...

Not Yet!

There is work God has yet to do in your life. There are gifts God has yet to give you. There is growth and healing you have yet to experience.  “And you have put him in complete charge of everything there is. Nothing is left out. We have not yet seen all of this take...

New Year Blessing

May God, who inhabits eternity and whose years have no end, stand with you upon the threshold of this new year. May he direct your paths and guide you into all truth. May His Word, which stands forever, be a lamp for your feet and a light for your path. May He bless...

Hope versus fear for a New Year

Our hope is not in the new year or the new decade, or in our own abilities or goals. It is not in the wisdom of man, but in the One who makes all things new. “He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these...

Christmas Night

Nights’ dark mantle hugs the globeWinter moonlight softly probes,Filters through the evergreens,Bathing fields in light sereneFrosted berries on silent treesDress branches now who shed their leaves,Shimmering stars shine bright and clear,Celestial witness through the...