Summer nights still hold their wonder for me after that summer following my first “yes” to Him. The light off our back-porch filled in the gaps of the moon’s light as I spent night after night on the back-yard swing poring over the pages of my Bible....
“His ears are open to their prayers” 1 Peter 3:12** Ready to receive even one simple utterance of mine, is the God of the universe. You are a ready-for-me God. Ready for all of me. You take not only the best sides of me, but my prayers — my pleas...
“Behold, I make all things new.” Revelation 21:5** Everything is subject to You. All objects of darkness and light lie waiting for the day when they will not only be revived but, once again — unspoiled. Your hand doesn’t just extend a touch, it...
“Then the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all the people …Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was...
And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7** To one woman, You were a firstborn son. To us, You were King, laid low, but to her — then —...
John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before Him.’ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the...
