Matthew 10:29 NIV Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. My brother, his wife, my sister, and I took our Dad on a genealogy road trip. Traveling with your adult siblings might not be on everyone’s bucket list, but we…
Isaiah 49:13 NIV Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you mountains!For the Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones. Shouting for joy, rejoicing, and bursting into song are actually practical devices for changing your mood! Laughter and singing have both been scientifically proven to boost postive endorphins and relieve stress. According to the…
Hawkeye Buffalo Ranch, Fredericksburg, IA Philippians 2:3-4, “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Sing a Song of SixpenceA Pocket Full of RyeFour and Twenty BlackbirdsBaked in a…
Genesis 1: 14-19 14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for seasons and for days and years. 15 They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made the…
The Hundred Dresses I set a personal goal of reading all Newbery award books, and last night I read an amazing gem! Newbery Honors book of 1945, The Hundred Dresses, written by Eleanor Estes and illustrated by Louis Slobodkin, is a higher-level bridging fiction children’s book (meaning not a picture book, but an illustrated short…
Here are 10 handy ways for you to earn yourself a coveted place in heaven. Are you ready? 1. Believe 2. Believe 3. Believe 4. Believe 5. Believe 6. Believe 7. Believe 8. Believe 9. Believe 10. Believe As you can see, that was a trick question, but surprisingly there are many that think you…
Are you ready to wash the stains of sin away? 1 Peter 3:21 This water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It’s Monday and I’m doing laundry. Why? Because…
Smith Rock State Park, Terrebonne, OR Psalm 23 NKJV The Lord the Shepherd of His People A Psalm of David. 23 The Lord is my shepherd;I shall not want.2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;He leads me beside the still waters.3 He restores my soul;He leads me in the paths of righteousnessFor His name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the…
