“But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.” — Luke 2:19 (ESV) Wow! What blessed words to read the morning after Christmas. So, Christ has come. Now what? Despite the celebrations, the gifts, time with friends and family, church… what now? The excitement and joy at Christ coming to dwell among … Read more
“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.” – John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968) Think about that for a minute… then read this: “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not … Read more
“And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will … Read more
“Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.” — John 21:25 (ESV) This was the first devotion of my own that I read this morning. Wow! These words really aren’t … Read more