My Dad is in assisted living. When I recently took him to a doctor’s appointment, he was confronted with these 2 questions. “How do you like it there?” and “How’s the food?” It was…
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Discouragement is a malady of the soul. People simply need encouragement to combat this. Ideally we encourage ourselves daily. But most people need some help and some hope. We frequently hear the phrase “I…
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I believe the definition of maturity could be “when your private life is the same as your public life”. What I mean by this is that our lives have a public side and private…
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This morning on my walk along the Wapsi River, God asked me this question: ‘How do you know I love you?” This devotion will cover some thoughts that came to me. God loves me…
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As long as there are people, there will be opportunities to be hurt and offended. God has given us great instruction on how to survive and thrive in spite of these wounds. Whenever we…
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Let’s face it. We are pretty self-consumed a lot of the time. We don’t wake up in the morning thinking about others unless we purposely do so. We think of our “to do list”…
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What does “father” mean to you? Father means someone who has produced children for sure. But a father also indicates a relationship with those he calls children. God is the Creator of all life…
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Today I took my usual walk in my neighborhood and overheard the loud call “Maggie?” “Maggie?” My neighbor asked if I had seen their missing terrier dog? They were frantically trying to locate the…
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I have always been intrigued by the English servant system. There is such an honorable position in serving a lord or duke or some important person. I am told there are schools to learn…
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Nothing is more important to my daily life than having hope, joy and peace. These all come to us through our trusting relationship with God. “Now may God, the inspiration and fountain of hope,…