Don’t be afraid to ask for help. I am Yahweh, your mighty God! I grip your right hand and won’t let you go! I whisper to you: ‘Don’t be afraid; I am here to help you!’ Isaiah 41:13 The Passion Translation Don’t fear change. Change is the wave you ride to your future. Don’t fear moving forward. Fear standing…
Author: Pam R
GPS
This is what the Lord, your Protector, says, the Holy One of Israel:“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go. Isaiah 48:17 New English Translation My Lord surpasses my GPS; with Him I cannot go astray.He directs me on busy highways; He leads me in…
Fear
I’m terrified of expressway driving. It’s not that I’m incapable, it’s just that I know I make stupid mistakes. Multiply that by all the other cars on the road and the chance of trouble is overwhelming. So it was with trepidation that I set out to take Jenna to Weiss Memorial Hospital, on the north…
Lost?
A little girl answered the phone whispering, “hello”. A man’s voice said, “IS YOUR MOTHER THERE?” “Yes”, said the little girl. “LET ME SPEAK TO HER!” said the man. “Oh, she’s busy”, replied the little girl. “WELL, IS YOUR FATHER THERE?” asked the man. “Yes, but he’s busy, too.” replied the little girl still whispering. …
A New Day
Teach us to use wisely all the time we have. Psalm 90:12 Contemporary English Version Teach us how short our lives are so that we can become wise. Psalm 90:12 Easy-to-Read Version Oh! Teach us to live well! Teach us to live wisely and well! Psalm 90:12 The Message Help us to remember that our days are numbered, and…
A Bar of Steel
“Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and double-edged. You will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like straw. Isaiah 41:15 NET A bar of steel worth five dollars, when wrought into horseshoes, is worth ten dollars. If made into needles, it is worth three hundred…
Patience Cake
A young man is telling his Grandma how “everything” is going wrong…school, family problems, health problems, etc. Meanwhile, Grandma is baking a cake. She asks the lad if he would like a snack, which of course he does. “Here, have some cooking oil.” “Yuck,” says the boy. “How about a couple of raw eggs?” “Gross,…
Unexpected Blessing 2/27
The week had been hard for my mother. She had not felt well and she was worrying about her children. (That is, of course, what mothers do. All mothers.) But one day last week, she got up from her afternoon nap, opened the curtains and suddenly saw that one of her orchid plants was blooming!…
Noteworthy
(Found some time ago while surfing the web) Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took the small boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were seated, the mother spotted a friend in the audience and walked down the aisle to greet her. Seizing the opportunity to explore the wonders…