For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.Haggai 2:6-7 KJV…
Author: Pam R
“Wisdom from On High”
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.1 Corinthians 1:24-25 KJV *** *** The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the…
Key of David
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.Isaiah 22:22 KJV *** Jesus has the authority to open and shut doors in our lives as He pleases. We need to accept both the open…
Advent: A Silence
But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.Habakkuk 2:20 KJV *** Advent, this powerful liturgical season that we are beginning, invites us to pause in silence to understand a presence.It is an invitation to understandthat the individual events of the day are hints that God is giving us,signs of…
Advent: A Reminder
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.John 1:14 KJV *** “With the arrival of Advent, Christians everywhere turn again towards the Savior. Advent marks the beginning of the celebration of His birth…
Dayspring
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.Isaiah…
Rod of Jesse
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;And in that day there…
Emmanuel
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.Matthew 1:23 KJV *** *** And morning came… It still comes. Our God is here, Emmanuel, among us, always coming towards us, always standing behind us, always standing up…
Advent: A Coming
The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before … What is possible is to not see it, to miss it, to turn just as it brushes past you. And you begin to grasp what it was you missed, like Moses in the cleft…
… Now, and Forever
Your goodness and unfailing kindness shall be with me all of my life, and afterwards I will live with you forever in your home.Psalm 23:6 TLB *** “Goodness and mercy follow him always—”all the days of his life”—the black days as well as the bright days, the days of fasting as well as the days…