His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts higher than our thoughts,
(Isaiah 55:9 NIV).
If it were up to me, I would have written some stories differently. I would have a little girl who would be twenty-one years old this year. Carol’s son would not be in prison. Linda’s twenty-year-old daughter would not be a quadriplegic because of a car crash at a tollbooth when she was a toddler. Read more…
His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts higher than our thoughts,
(Isaiah 55:9 NIV).
Steve and I got married when we were both still in college. He was entering his fourth year of dental school, and I was just a few hours shy of completing my degree. The last year of school held many important decisions for us, Read more…
“For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him” (
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Have you ever had a set of circumstances in your life that were so unexpected and so convoluted that you knew there was no other way it could have happened except by divine appointment? Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny” (Mark 12:41-42, NIV).
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Beatrice woke as the morning sun peeked through the closed shutters of her sparse bedroom. Every joint in her tired old body creaked like a grinding wheel in dire need of good oiling. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” Read more…
Today’s Truth
“And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone, (1 Thessalonians 5:14 NIV).
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As I sat on my screened-in porch early one Spring morning, I was taken aback with the beauty surrounding me. A layer of mist rose from the serene waters of the lake and hovered just above the surface. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“All the ways of the LORD are lovingand faithful” (Psalm 25:10 NIV).
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Sometimes when I gaze at the Jaynes family portraits of three smiling faces, I can almost see a shadow of a fourth. For there are four of us and one day – our picture will be complete.
“Steve, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“We should go up and take possession of the land,” they said, “for we can certainly do it…If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us” (Numbers 13:30, 14:8 NIV).
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This month, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future’” (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV).
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The most difficult times to continue believing the promises of God are during the storms of life when the waves of emotions are so great they threaten to tip your boat and spill you into an ocean of despair. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Then God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you’” (Exodus 3:14 NIV).
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One day, I was talking to a friend of mine on the phone. Her four-year-old daughter, Hope, who was supposed to be taking a nap, Read more…