Musings

“But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.” —Matthew 23:8 KJV When we lived in Kennebunk, Maine, we often went…

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”  —Jeremiah…

“You shall separate three cities for yourself in the midst of your land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess. You shall prepare roads for yourself, and…

I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from…

“And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.” —Exodus 28:2 ESV (emphasis mine) It was a dark and gloomy day. Rainy and damp…

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted;  he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. —Psalm 34:18 Where do you seek comfort when you find yourself in trouble? I’m not talking…

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it,…

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me…

“If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that.” —Matthew 5:47 NLT Have you ever had an encounter with someone…

And a voice from heaven said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.” Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted…

“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.’” —Leviticus 19:2 NKJV One…

Search me, God, and know my heart;     test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me,     and lead me in the…