According to Wise Counsel Wealth.com, we have a 95% advantage over most of the world just by being an American citizen. Most of us do not go to bed hungry, or worry about where we will sleep. We have a homeless population over 552,000, however resources are available to most of them. …
Continue reading →A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. ~Proverbs 25:11 NKJV “So, this is supposed to be my bait?” I sniffed a plastic bowl of shrimp, wrinkled my nose, and coughed. The jolly man behind the store counter chuckled as he crinkled his eyes and flashed tobacco-stained teeth. “Yup. The fish love ‘em. And I heered they’s really a-bitin’ today.” He winked. “Good luck.” The screen door creaked behind me as I waved ‘so long’ … Continue reading →
Why do we make learning so difficult? Watch, no, observe a child noticing a bug, squatting down, focused, reaching out to touch it. Maybe just with a stick. Maybe prodding it with a finger or a toe. But the child…
Continue reading →The couple’s entrance into the café was like watching a ballet in slow motion. He was using a walker; she was using a cane. After the gentleman passed through the doorway, he held it open for his lady. She, gracefully attentive to her mate, shuffled through the entrance, bowing as she went, as if he was a chivalrous knight returning from a victorious conquest. I wondered how they would solve the obvious problem. The man’s walker now blocked the doorway. … Continue reading →
Prior to the coming of the Messiah, the priest had to repeat the same duties for the same people over and over, year after year. Those sacrifices were only a temporary fix to an ongoing problem. The High priest was constantly on his feet in service for the needs of the people, and no doubt he was worn out at the end of the day. ..
Continue reading →Maybe we’re not in the place we “think” we should be because God knows just like with the children of Israel, if we saw what was ahead, we’d be on the first train smoking back to the very places He freed us from. Could it be that our unexpected route is…
Continue reading →For some of us, four hours alone on a random Friday afternoon seems terribly selfish when others are hurting, or your family may need your brilliance. That is, until you look at several specific times Jesus chose solitude. He knew and understood the importance of down time, and the value of being alone. …
Continue reading →Satan cannot even reach the thorny hedge, let alone the thorn of crowns our Savior wore, that Jesus keeps us safe within. There will be trials—but these will only serve to remind us of His keeping power. …
Continue reading →My Trinity Prayer Thank You, FatherThank You, SonThank You, Holy SpiritMy God in One You sustain meYou have redeemed meYou hold me close to YouMy God in One My CreatorMy SaviorMy Counselor, RevealerMy God in One Genre: Poetry Copyright 2021: My Trinity Prayer: Evelyn Mason Wells: All Rights Reserved Meet Our Contributor EVELYN MASON WELLS Evelyn Mason Wells is an award-winning author who has contributed to Heart Renovation: A Construction Guide to Godly Character (2019 Selah finalist, Lighthouse Bible Studies), Glimmers of Heavenly Light (Faith … Continue reading →
In the familiar text of Luke 5, Simon Peter has been fishing all night but he catches nothing. Being a fisherman by trade, every night counts. If he doesn’t catch fish, his livelihood diminishes. I can imagine Simon’s frustration as he sits in his boat, scouring an empty net again, cleaning it of debris, seaweed, and mud, but finding not even a single fish. He must have felt like a failure….
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