“You have dealt well with your servant, O LORD, according to your word.” Psalm 119:65 How often do I forget that my Lord deals well with me? That His goodness constantly pursues me, surrounds me, and is stored up for me? The goodness of my precious Lord, which does not always present itself in the […]
“As for me, I am poor and needy, but the LORD takes thought for me.” Psalm 40:17a The LORD takes thought for me. The One who owns the heavens and the earth. The One who gave His life to save the world, and who raised Himself from the dead so we could live in His […]
“When I thought, ‘My foot slips,’ your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.” Psalm 94:18 As I read over this verse, I began to think of the times my foot has literally slipped. Those moments when suddenly your feet are out from under you and you’re falling fast. Panic rises quickly and you grasp […]
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.” 1 John 3:1a “Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and […]
“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 What love. What great, powerful love. To choose to die, so that your enemy can live forever. Jesus did not die for the righteous. For those who have it all together. For those who are […]
“I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.” John 17:9 What a magnificent thought—that God looks to us, to each of us who are in Christ, and declares, “This one is mine.” Walk with me a moment and allow […]
In Pleasant Places 