1 John 4:18-19 “18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19 We love because he first loved us.” Do you remember when I said long, long ago, that when God talks to me He usually has to tell me anything important at least three times? Bingo! This week He’s been...

“We do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15). What is your favorite day of the week? Yesterday a gal at work was joking that we need an extra day between Sunday and Monday. Then a gentleman said, “No matter what, the first day of the week will always feel like Monday.” He’s right....

1 John 1:6-7 If we claim that we share life with him, but keep walking in the realm of darkness, we’re fooling ourselves and not living the truth. But if we keep living in the pure light that surrounds him, we share unbroken fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, continually cleanses us from all sin.  That first sentence about did me in this week. Do you ever do...

Psalms 139:1 “ Oh Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.” Pity party time. Do you ever feel like life keeps you running? Sometimes I feel like I can’t even catch my breath let alone catch up to anything else. Side note to tie in shortly: During one insightful conversation recently, someone told me of a young...