“The LORD will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.” Isaiah 58:11 The New Living Translation Bible This morning I was determined to write something to share with you all, or find something to share. I know … Read more

One Sunday I was entertained in a farm home of a member of a rural church.  I was impressed by the intelligence and unusually good behavior of the only child in the home, a little four-year-old boy.  Then I discovered one reason for the child’s charm.  The mother was at the kitchen sink, washing the … Read more

“If we knew how to listen to God, we should hear him speaking to us, for God does speak.  He speaks in his Gospel; he speaks also through life — that new Gospel to which we ourselves add a page each day.” –Michel Quoist

Read this this morning in one of my devotions: Our five-year-old Jeanie took to rising at 5:30 each morning and puttering around just long enough to wake the rest of us before climbing back into bed.  Her reason was always the same- she had to see if there was a surprise.  Finally we told her … Read more