And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? Ruth 1:20-21 …
A Song of His Presence
As much as I remember that only God can change the course and direction of this world, Election Day always presents itself with a sliver of hope to my heart. Maybe this time, someone with morals and ethics and integrity will come and turn this sinful nation around. Anyone else? Then, I remember what kind …
A Song of Peace for the Battle
The Garden of Gethsemane (If you’ve been reading my writings for a while, you may recognize this from several years ago. As I read Psalm 55 this morning, I felt led to share it again today. I also shared a song that was from my cd at the end.) There is a jeweled treasure box …
A Song of Invitation
Someone asked me recently what the difference was between what their religion taught and what I was sharing with them from the Bible. We both believed that Jesus died on the cross. We both believed that doing right was important. We both understood that there was a God in heaven who created all things and …
A Song of Persistent Praise
David's song is filled with raw emotion. Who is asking where his God is? His tears. William Cowper (pronounced Cooper), a friend of John Newton in the early 1800’s, wrote several well-known hymns we still sing today. “There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood” and “God Moves in Mysterious Ways” are two of the songs …
Anchoring Hope
Hebrews 6:18-20That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the …
A Song of Trust
"Tis' So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" Louisa M.R. Stead, public domain Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 This is a verse memorized as a teenager, so easy to call to mind, yet much more difficult to apply to real life. Would you agree? …
A Song for Unfulfilled Longings
1 Samuel 1:10-11 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a …
A Song of Grace, Part 2
Grace: Immanuel, God with Us Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Photo by Lisa Fotios on Pexels.com When my first child arrived, my nineteen-year-old self-fancied herself prepared for this event. Kylie’s birth …
A Song of Grace, part 1
Photo by Jonathan Borba on Pexels.com Psalm 84:11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. Nights are long when struggles weigh heavy. Most of those nights draw me into prayer since sleep just laughs …
His Song in the Night 