Psalm 23:5 NKJV
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.

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…
Haggai 1:7 TLB “Think it over,” says the Lord Almighty. “Consider how you have acted and what has happened as a result!” In my former classroom as a teacher, we had a “Ssshhhh” chair. Not a time out, not punishment, but a place to sit for a few moments and ssshhhhh. This gave the little…
Deuteronomy 1:31 GNT And in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely all the way to this place, just as a father would carry his son. Often as a child, I would walk in the pasture with my dad and check the cows. During a storm, a hickory tree had toppled, but about…
Heceta Head Lighthouse, Oregon Song of Solomon 8:6 Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame.
Black Butte Ranch, OR Psalm 42:5-6 NLT Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God! Before Elizabeth Taylor grew up to be a stunning, seductive Hollywood star, she was Velvet Brown in National…
The True Story of Christmas Luke 2:16-18 NIV So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to…