I think of Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, “I want it NOW!” How many times did I pray for something never realizing how truly awful for me it would have been to have received it!? Mercifully, our Lord knows what it best for us, because He holds the plans for our…
Matthew 7:11 NIV If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
This quote reminded me of the day a teacher took a paper heart and violently crumpled into a tight wad in front of her class. Then she opened it back up and tried to smooth it out, but of course the wrinkles were still in the paper. She said, “You can never take back the…
Genesis 3 and 4 for Kids Continuing the story of Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis, in chapters 3 and 4, we meet an evil snake and learn about Cain and Abel. The snake tells a very BIG lie and Cain makes a very BIG mistake.
Job 11:14-16 GOD’S WORD Translation 14 If you’re holding on to sin, put it far away,and don’t let injustice live in your tent.15 Then you will be able to show your face without being ashamed,and you will be secure and unafraid.16 Then you will forget your miseryand remember it like water that has flowed downstream.
God will take care of you! Pick up that Bible and Read! 2 Corinthians 10:3-5Good News Translation3 It is true that we live in the world, but we do not fight from worldly motives. 4 The weapons we use in our fight are not the world’s weapons but God’s powerful weapons, which we use to…
Don’t be! Jesus said so…. Psalm 37:7 GNT Be patient and wait for the Lord to act; don’t be worried about those who prosper or those who succeed in their evil plans.
I think I find most help in trying to look on all interruptions and hindrances to work that one has planned out for oneself as discipline, trials sent by God to help one against getting selfish over one’s work. Then one can feel that perhaps one’s true work— one’s work for God —consists in doing…
Love comes in many forms…is yours true love? Here is a big lesson I learned from leaving a love note! And some true love notes from the Song of Songs (Solomon) My grandfather sat at the table sorting his key box. That box where you keep all the extra keys to cars, doors, stuff. He…
James 1:19-20 GNT Remember this, my dear friends! Everyone must be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to become angry. Human anger does not achieve God’s righteous purpose. A grizzled old logger from over 100 years ago wrote, “When I cut that tree, I heard the whispers of 1000 summers.” When I…
