"...and a little child will lead them." Isaiah 11:6 (NIV)My youngest kept us both up until 2:00 a.m. early this morning with illness so Rob went to church without me. Someone asked me to go to church with them tonight, and since I had not been able to attend church this morning, I decided to go. I glanced down at the church's program and saw that they had a visiting children's choir from South … [Read more...] about The Purest Praise
Archives for June 2008
For My Baby Brother
"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." Proverbs 17:17 (NIV) June 28, 1979, was one of the happiest days of my eleven years of life on this earth. Into our weary, bewildered, and homesick-for-America family came a ray of sunshine that weighed exactly nine pounds. I had begged my parents over and over again for another sibling. Repeatedly, I had heard the word, … [Read more...] about For My Baby Brother
Taken Into His Confidence
"For the LORD detests a perverse man but takes the upright into his confidence." Proverbs 3:32I am a product of Sunday School flannel graph lessons. Long before videos or DVDs taught Biblical truths to children in church classrooms, I would sit mesmerized and cross-legged on the floor as I watched my teacher press cut-out Bible story characters on a felt-covered piece of cardboard. Sometimes … [Read more...] about Taken Into His Confidence
My Hope
My children and I are memorizing the following psalm. I am clinging to its truth today as our family waits for the joy that will come in the morning after this night of weeping. Psalm 112 (NIV) 1 Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his commands. 2 His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be … [Read more...] about My Hope
The Holy Snatch
"But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for he shall receive me." Psalm 49:15 (NKJV)One of the most helpful tools in my daily journey with the Lord has been the One Year Chronological Bible put out by Tyndale Publishers. Through the pages of this amazing book, the Bible has become a fascinating, captivating story that unfolds before my eyes. It has allowed me to understand the … [Read more...] about The Holy Snatch
Tame?
"...Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed..." Revelation 5:5 I became a voracious reader after our move to Congo. In part, this was because I had little else to do to pass my time. The late 1970s had not seen the invention of VCR or DVD machines (my children can hardly imagine anything so awful as my brother and sister and I having to wait to see a … [Read more...] about Tame?