Posts from November 2016

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Even though life does not often “deal us the hand” that we would prefer to be dealt to us, we always have much for which to be thankful. Our God is the God…

Lamp to My Feet

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. The quote above is from Psalm 119:105. Psalm 119 is by far the longest psalm in the psalter. It contains 176 verses broken down into 22 stanzas of eight verses each. It is an acrostic poem—that means that it follows consecutively…

Crimson Crimes

     Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. If I know anything, I know my faults. They are many and they are real. The same is certainly true for each of us. None of us is without…

A Royal Priesthood

 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Everyone has an innate desire to feel special. Whether we admit it or not, we want to be seen…