This is our last Saturday Scripture of 2024. For me, 2024 was, honestly, a bit rough with one health issue after another and many doctor appointments weekly. Yet, God granted peace and contentment. Hebrews 13:5, “5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I…

Colossians 2:6-7 “6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.”

For those of us who are home-bound, Christmas can range from lonely to overwhelming, changing by the day. We have limited resources and more to do while we watch others able to go out and do what we would love to be able to do. The pendulum can swing from one end to another. This…

It is a sharing Saturday for Saturday Scripture! What Scripture has God used in your life recently? What has challenged you or encouraged you? These verses struck me this week. Love one another as Jesus loves us. John 13:34-35 “34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved…

Can you imagine what it was like for the people longing for the Messiah to come? Day after day they experienced hardship. Four hundred years passed and they did not hear from God (between the old and new testaments). And yet, God was still coming. Psalm 84:2 “2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the…

Many years ago as we were walking terminal cancer with my dad, we said various times, “It can’t get any worse.” But it did. And God walked with us through it. God was there. We thought it couldn’t get any worse the next time. But it did. And God walked with us through it. God…

This painting from Joni Eareckson Tada made me meditate on all that God has done for us. How poignant it is to see baby Jesus with His purpose for coming in the distant background. It reminded me again of a so-familiar verse that we should think about more often. God loves us. Jesus loves us.…

This week was unexpected in many ways and a bit exhausting. There was no way to face it in my own strength. In the midst of the weary, it hit me. Without the weary and trial, how would we see God’s strength? If we could do it all on our own, how would we know…

As we start a new month, the thankful month, what Scriptures help you keep your mind on praise? Psalm 34:1 is one of my favorites. “34 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” We would love to hear your favorites to keep your mind on Him! Please…

Matthew 5:6 “6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” This week, I have been thinking about hungering and thirsting for God, for His Word, and for righteousness. We live in a difficult and distracting world. It is easy to feast on spiritual “junk food.” Yet, we…