Happy Monday! I have been thinking about my relationship with Jesus this week. I thought about how much I enjoy sitting and talking to Him. I thought about what a good listener He is. I thought about how much He has blessed me. I thought about how many prayers He has answered for me. It’s […]
Christian pilgrims in and around Jerusalem visit many meaningful and memorable places. One can hardly turn a corner or take a step without encountering something of historical, biblical and of spiritual significance. It is possible to walk the probable route of Jesus’ Palm Sunday parade and triumphal entry into the city. Visitors can climb the steps […]
Happy Monday!! This is the day the Lord has made! As I have mentioned in previous thoughts, the last 15 months or so, with an undetermined amount of time to still come, we have faced loss and hardships that we would never have even thought about a couple of years ago. When I think back […]
Happy Monday! This is kind of a follow up to the email of February 8th. Becky bases so many of her insights on scripture And you can’t go wrong with the word of God! As a woman, yes, I do think about my appearance. I don’t believe it is to the point of extreme vanity […]
Happy Monday! Maybe you have noticed, as I have, that the rumor mongers are alive and well! They are very busy with all kinds of rumors, conspiracies, scams and creating fear, everywhere they can. It really doesn’t matter where you turn, it’s in politics, churches, work environments and even in your personal lives. If someone […]
The Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebuhr
Happy Monday! I’m not sure how well you can see these but each one has something in common, besides being a form of currency. Each one of them states: In God We Trust. This is one of the basic things we have depended on for over 150 years. In God We Trust makes a statement […]
Matthew 4:1-11 NIV Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness 4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall […]
Happy Monday! It seems we have been living in a world of upheaval this past year and still now. Our lives have changed, out of necessity. There has been loss. There has been anger and there has been disappointments and, unfortunately, fear of the unknown. In a time when unity is so important, there have been broken trusts […]
Remember Lot’s Wife! Posted on February 16, 2021 by Barbara Linn “Remember Lot’s wife!” Jesus exhorts us in Luke 17:32. We don’t know this woman’s name, but in Genesis 19 we can read her story. And she stands as a perpetual reminder of what not to do. God had decided to completely destroy Sodom, the city where […]