[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] If you [profess ignorance and] say, Behold, we did not know this, does not He Who weighs and ponders the heart perceive and consider it? And He Who guards your life, does not He know it? And shall not He render to [you and] every man according to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] You shall not be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God. Deuteronomy 7:21 As my phone rings, the last person I expected to be on the other end would be my beautiful daughter. She just left our home...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (Psalm 34:18 NIV) The world around was shaking. An earthquake. Everything had shattered to smithereens! Life as I had lived it, was forever changed. Nothing would ever be the same again. An anguish unknown...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. (Psalm 25:16 ESV) As I hear him speak concerns of fear, my heart sinks aware of so many identifying with him. “I don’t want to die. Not now anyway.” Words that have echoed throughout these...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for You are close beside me. Your rod and Your staff protect and comfort me. (Psalm 23:4 NLT) Never in my life could I have imagined what has come to fruition. It’s something I’ve seen in...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.” (John 16:33 CSB) I awoke in the middle of the night feeling overwhelmed. So many things clamor for my attention. An...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. (Psalm 50:19) I couldn’t drive to my sister’s home in Queens fast enough, as I’m listening, there’s a second plane hitting the twin towers. At first, I thought it was a terrible accident. The radio announced that...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. (Colossians 3:21 ESV) She and I were never able to see eye to eye. Nothing was agreeable between us. This so called “relationship” had sadly been one that harbored resentment from early on. At about age four, mom called...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, “Eat and drink!” But his heart is not with you. (Proverbs 23:7 NASB) I didn’t know whether to laugh, retaliate, or cry. With a frown he says, “OK rule number 144!” There’s been a constant of...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. (Proverbs 29:15 ESV) For the longest time there was a void in my heart I couldn’t identify. Alien yet familiar. Having lived in its shadow as far back as I can remember....