I recently had a conversation with someone who is fearful they are not a true believer. I was astounded by their confession, this is someone I admire for their walk with the Lord. Quite honestly, they are the LAST person I would suspect of having doubts of their salvation. As I was listening to their…
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Rain Is Coming
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Saturday morning, the pain in my left knee woke me up. “Ugh, it’s going to rain,” I announced to Kurt. We got up and he…
Treasured Possession
Malachi 3:17 “On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession…” (NIV) Just last week I was walking across our school campus, enjoying the sunshine and cool breeze, when I asked the Lord a simple question, “Why?” There is something I have asked the Lord for that He…
Praise the Lord
Psalm 147:1 “Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!” Are you feeling down? Or afraid? Or maybe uncertain of what the future holds? There is one answer that scripture shouts to us…praise the Lord. I am a firm believer in praising the…
Look above the Board
2 Peter 3:1 (NIV) “Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.” I gave a new writing prompt to my students for their next writing assignment: “How Incoming 4th Graders Can Survive Mrs. Nichols Class.” We brainstormed all the…
Compassion
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 This weekend a dear…
Goldfish and Flowers
“This is how God showed his love among us; He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.” 1John 4:9 Recently Sara’s friend asked us to care for her goldfish while she and her family went to Disneyland. I immediatly thought this had Dead Fish written all over…
Sometimes a Stomach Bug Is a Stomach Bug
Romans 8:1 NIV “Therefore, there is now no condemnations for those who are in Christ Jesus,” As you may know I am memorizing Romans 8 in 2015. I am doing okay at this, not great, just okay. I am reminded by the Lord daily about Romans 8:1. There is no room in Christ for me…
Thanksgiving
Leviticus 7:12-13 NIV “If he offers it as an expression of thankfulness, then along with this thank offering he is to offer cakes of bread made without yeast and mixed with oil, and cakes of fine flour well-kneaded and mixed with oil. Along with his fellowship offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering…
Just Say Yes
Ephesians 5:15-16 NIV “Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” I don’t know if my days are evil, but they are busy. A few years into our marriage Kurt sat me down for a talk. He told me I…
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