Our Hope

If there is one thing I have learned over the past year it’s that hope never leaves.  It is always present, always ready, and always available.  Just like grace is free, so is hope.  However, we must sometimes reach out and ask for it, and accept it within ourselves. I ...

Jesus said, ‘Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.’  Matthew 12:34 (NIV) Have you ever spoken a word, or perhaps more, and immediately wished you could take it back?  Or spoken something in all honesty, but when it came out of your mouth it did not come ...

“When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider:  God has made the one as well as the other.”  Ecclesiastes 7:14 (NIV) Disappointment is a difficult thing.  It can break your heart, it can make you feel small, it can affect all your relationships.  Disappointment can also ...

“Those who trust in Your name will trust in You, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:10 (NIV) We see and hear the word trust all the time.  It is on our money, “In God We Trust”.  It is in our judicial system, in the ...

“Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.  And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NKJV) God is a god of order, and of numbers.  This is a logical assumption, as most order follows a numerical path.  Over the years I have read various ...