Tag Archives: Hope

Eighty years ago, it was a gold stick pin with small diamonds on each end. My great-grandfather wore it on his lapel for special occasions. In 1954 it was made into a ring with a white pearl on top and given to my mother for her eighth-grade graduation gift. From ...

‘Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous?  Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.’  Joshua 1:9 (HCSB) All of us have fears.  We are all afraid of something.  Most people greatly fear death.  But we can fear heights, or have fear ...

The Book of Psalms contains a collection of prayers, poems, and hymns that focus the worshiper’s thoughts on God in praise and adoration. The Greek verb form, which the noun ‘psalm’ comes, basically denotes the “plucking or twanging of strings” indicating an association with musical accompaniment. Psalms served as the ...

While listening the other day to one of my favorite apologists, Ravi Zacharias, my eyes were opened to two of the most famous words in scripture. “Jesus wept” (John 11:35) For all of my Christian life, I believed that Jesus was upset because his friend Lazarus had just died and ...

‘As the waves of the sea seek to cover the sands, so does impatience endeaver to hide the wisdom of man.’– Anonymous My husband took me out to have breakfast this morning.  We took his truck because he needed to get gas while we were out and about. It didn’t matter where we went, ...