Tag: hope
Updated on December 12, 2014
Recommendation Saturday: You’ve Got to See “The Trail”
But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it. – Romans 8:25 Seriously. I watched this movie on a whim. I wasn’t even aware it was a Christian movie. Had… Read More
Updated on December 7, 2014
When Moving is Like Staying Put
For you bless the godly, O Lord; you surround them with your shield of love. – Psalm 5:12 We’ve put the house up for sale. Moving is in our future. We’ve always lived a very nomadic kind of… Read More
Updated on December 4, 2014
Where Do You Place Your Hope This Advent?
Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a branch from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel… Read More
Updated on November 21, 2014
Recommendation Saturday: Depression & Perspective
…fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. –… Read More
Updated on November 19, 2014
Of Small Beginnings
Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand. – Zechariah 4:10 When a chronic diagnosis flies into your life, it sure does feel… Read More
Updated on November 16, 2014
The “Other” Layer
As the Scriptures tell us, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.” – Romans 10:11 Guilt… sigh… it’s just another layer, isn’t it? As if this pain, this loss, this change, this discouragement is not enough… Read More
Updated on November 14, 2014
Sunday Scripture: 11/16/14
That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.” This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new… Read More
Updated on November 10, 2014
Of Galleries and Oases
After leaving Marah, the Israelites traveled on to the oasis of Elim, where they found twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there beside the water. – Exodus 15:27 In Utah, where we used to live, it’s… Read More
Updated on November 7, 2014
Sunday Scripture: 11/9/14
And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here as… Read More
Updated on November 5, 2014
Visible Hope
Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these stars, The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength… Read More
