🎶 Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. And the things of Earth will grow strangely dim in the Light of His glory and grace. 🎶 Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus, a hymn written by Helen Lemmel Psalm 34 steps in to teach and to validate the same lesson as we … Continue reading Shame Doesn’t Look Good On You
Gratefully, I am attending a small neighborhood Bible study with a few other women seeking to know God more intimately. We’re just beginning a study which proposes that we choose joy. The teacher, in our first lesson, held out a premise from Scripture that we are invited to consider. Was Jesus purely a man of … Continue reading What good is a far off God?
“Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David.“Isaiah 55:1-3 NLT I’m in awe of people who listen well. There are particular people in my life, and I sincerely thank … Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday.08
”All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished, but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.“Luke 2:18-19 NLT I think because it’s the Christmas season and so many of us are writing about Advent scriptures and themes, I have pondered longer this year on the idea of Mary storing … Continue reading I Wonder What’s Been Stored
It’s been a week! A quiet, healing week of reflection over the glorious whirlwind of travel, family, and non-stop memory making moments of the week previous. Last Wednesday, I wrote and posted from my parents’ home in the northeast portion of Georgia. Today, I write from our home in Southern California. Plane, shuttle, Uber… plenty … Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday.06
2 O come, O Wisdom from on high,who ordered all things mightily;to us the path of knowledge showand teach us in its ways to go. Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuelshall come to you, O Israel. O come, O wisdom from on high… The Christmas carol, O Come, O Come Immanuel, is one I have sung during … Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday.05
Wisdom existed before me. When I was born in 1962, wisdom had long spoken, taught and proven herself faithful. Wisdom will outlive me as well. And as I continue to grasp some nuggets of this truth, I become more appreciative of the human capacity to learn. “Come and learn.” Thus, has been the Lord’s precious … Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday.04
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