Scripture: Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. (Psalm 32:1 NIV). I ‘ve always loved chocolate, but when I was a small child, we seldom could afford it. Somehow Mama got enough cocoa to bake my brother a birthday cake. It was the best thing I’d ever eaten! I begged for […]
Read More →Scripture: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened (Matthew 7:7-8 NIV). My grandparents, Jim and Ruth Compton, were married in […]
Read More →Scripture: “Open my eyes . . .” (Psalm 119:18 NIV). In 1895, Clara Scott penned this beautiful hymn: Open my eyes, that I may see glimpses of truth Thou hast for me; place in my hands the wonderful key that shall unclasp and set me free. Silently now I wait for Thee, ready my God, Thy […]
Read More →My favorite memory of my mother is during a small family reunion, when she surprised us all by walking to the old upright piano. “I think I’ll play a song,” she announced. Dad had purchased it from a farmer for about $100, and Mama took in ironing to pay for my lessons. She found a […]
Read More →Moving a Mountain Scripture: “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you” (Matthew 17:20). In the Jewish culture of that day, a mountain represented a great difficulty. Could […]
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