Many of us tentatively turned the calendar from 2021 to 2022 wondering what the new year might bring. Ours started out with a bang as our 14-year-old winced with a bad tooth pain. Concerned, we quickly found a dentist who would take a new patient on the Monday before...
“Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, ‘The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.'” Lamentations 3:22 When I...
“’Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,’ says the LORD who has compassion on you.” Isaiah 54:10 I have ridden and trekked through gorgeous mountain...
“His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior; the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.” Psalm 147:10-11 Yesterday, my daughter said, “Mommy, I know that you will always love me...
“Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.” Psalm 143:8 My sleeping child suddenly jumped up on the bed exclaiming, “The sun is up! And so am I!” Okay, I admittedly...
“The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.” Psalm 138:8 We were not the typical parents trying to encourage our oldest daughter to learn to walk. We literally raced her; we wanted to...