“But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people. All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads. ‘He trusts in the Lord,’ they say, ‘let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him since he delights in him.’” (Psalm 22:6-8,...
They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31) This word of the prophet Isaiah has been memorized and is the favorite verse of many. But...
“From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not...
Yesterday’s Commercial Appeal (9/19/21) had this big headline: MORE THAN TALK. It was the story of a Mississippi doctor who bought a hospital that was about to close. Dr. Kenneth Williams, who saw patients there, learned the hospital was likely going to close and...
"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” (Matthew 10:29-30, NIV) What do you think you are worth? The saint with whom we’re spending the...
On a camping vacation in the Rocky Mountains I was amazed at a certain green plant on ledges of a bare rock. There is no dirt for its roots, yet it tenaciously clings to the rock through wind and storm. A park ranger provided the answer to this plant’s mysterious...
“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there...
