Contemplating the new Year

4 A slack hand causes poverty,    but the hand of the diligent makes rich. (Proverbs 10:4 ESV) In the day’s leading up to the first of the year, we need to be taking stock of our lives. We need to be assessing just how we are spending our time. Are our efforts toward only ourselves or are … Read more

Without Him

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning.3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. (John 1:1-4 NIV) Without Him nothing was made. Think … Read more

Is

As for God, His way is perfect;The word of the Lord is proven;He is a shield to all who trust in Him. (2 Samuel 22:31 NKJV) I look at scripture through the eye of different translations. I like today’s verse in the New King James Version and its use and emphasis on the word is. His way is perfect, is proven and … Read more

May All Be One

20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. (John 17:20-21 ESV) If there is any … Read more

Not Home Alone

4 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;    he adorns the humble with salvation. (Psalm 149:4 ESV) We all go through times when we may not feel loved and may even feel very alone even around loving family. Sadly, Christmas time can be one such time of the year where people feel the most alone. It is not … Read more