“Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds… How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. For with […]
“And the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.’” Luke 1:30 How easy it is to fall into the trap of trying to prove ourselves to God. We talked a bit about this at church this morning, and yet this afternoon I found myself caught in […]
“The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Behold, as your life was precious this day in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the LORD, […]
“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives…to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor…Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of […]
In Pleasant Places 