As Mother’s Day approaches, I am reminded that God commanded us to honor our mother and father. I looked this up in the Bible and found that this commandment is written six times throughout the Bible! The first time is in Exodus 20:12. This was one of the Ten Commandments, the Law given to Moses, […]

We talked about the negative connotation of fear in the last post. In this post we will explore the good kind of fear, the fear of God. According to Psalm 111:10, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Let’s look at all the benefits described in God’s Word relating to fear of […]

Most authorities, including the Bible, describe two distinct kinds of fears. One is a feeling of dread, caused by something we would like to avoid – often something that isn’t what it seems. It is often said that fear of the unknown is one of the strongest fears. I would concur, as NOT knowing what […]

In this day of fear-mongering, global uncertainties, local insecurities where doom and gloom lurk at every corner, just what is this thing, fear? What does it mean? What does it do? How are we to make it stop, even prevent it from seeping into our lives? According to the Bible Dictionary, fear "May be either [...]

“The Lord says, ‘Forget what happened before, and do not think about the past. Look at the new thing I am going to do. It is already happening. Don’t you see it?’” Isaiah 43:18-19a NCV After spending much of the last eight months without good vision, struggling to focus with impaired vision, this verse leapt […]

In order to learn the art of forgiveness, we need to remember that sometimes forgiveness is a leap of faith. Sometimes we can forgive a person openly, sometimes we cannot; for example, sometimes the person we need to forgive has died, and we are unable to face them to tell them that we have forgiven […]

I remember, as a young girl, my Momma telling me that Dr. Hagan had said that our thoughts are like birds and our minds like a tree. He said that thoughts of all kinds would flitter in and out of our minds all the time, but it was important for us to not allow bad […]

Psalm 33:2-3 (NIV) says, “Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.” It has always intrigued me – this “new song” theme. I have always loved music. I have always loved to write little poems or “lyrics” […]

Psalm 86:17 (NIV) “Give me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for You, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.” I suppose that each one of us may have some little signpost that has become a point of communication between us and our Father God. […]