“Troubled times” can have many different meanings as there are so many ways for us to be troubled. Here are a few verses to hang on to, draw strength from, and lead us to our help in the Lord! My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:2 For all who [...]
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Psalm 118:14 The Lord is my strength and my SONG and He has become my Salvation! In times of brokenness, in times of seeing life through a dark prism, I search and find the Song of my life, my Lord. As I remain in His presence, He guides my focus, and I dwell on Him [...]
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Nicodemus is one of my favorite characters in the Bible. I feel his inner struggle as he seeks Jesus in the garden, desperately longing to wrap his head around kingdom principles. After his encounter with Jesus, he would discover his need to be born again; kingdom ways compel our spirits, not our intellect. Scripture does [...]
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As I open my Bible to the Old Testament, butterflies dance inside me. My heart jumps when I read the Old Testament. The first class in Old Testament in my short stint in seminary ~ whether from the professor’s compassionate homilies or just reading the text ~ was the beginning, the spark, that caused me [...]
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This is a day… (maybe you’ve had a day like this before?)… when I wake up feeling sad. No particular reason, no specific thing wrong… in fact, everything is normal. Everything is fine, but my heart is heavy and my eyes quick to fill with tears at the slightest little thing gone wrong. Emotions are [...]
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I have an acquaintance who doesn’t seem to receive much joy from his faith. To watch his unhappiness truly distresses me. I see a defensive and confused soul. I don’t want to judge him; merely understand his situation objectively, and see if there might be some way for me to help him. His life might [...]
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I am thanking the Lord this evening for the springtime finally arriving in Kentucky in all of its “God blessed” glory. I think it may be all the sweeter for having arrived late. I n these fresh days, I find myself singing for no reason, and there is energy in my outer and inner self ~ it having been AWOL most recently.
Father, you know me completely; You provide the things that draw music from my heart, and You give me the needed attitude to praise in joy; You comfort me by Your Holy Spirit in “off-times.” You meet my need in all seasons, and I worship You gratefully in the twilight of this day.
I thank you Jesus, for lavishing your love on me. In all the seasons during the year, and in all the seasons of my life, You are with me.
The epitome of Spring:
Songs of Songs 2:11-13 “Winter is passed; the rain has stopped; flowers cover the earth; it is time to sing. The cooing of doves is heard in our land.”
Ah Father God, thank you.
~Rhea