Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.  Psalm 57:1 This is the first line of a Psalm David wrote as he was running from King Saul in an…

You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to you, O LORD, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me. (Isaiah 12:1) My schedule has increased a little since our daughter and son-in-law and two grandchildren have moved in with us. As I write and…

 “for apart from Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5b Have you ever been in a set circumstances that you just can’t understand? Someone has said something or done something that makes no sense and you are left wondering what on earth is going on? I recently did a study of 1 Samuel and I…

Today I forgot to do something pretty important, something about 22 other women were relying on me to get done. In God’s grace I got a precious little e-mail asking if there was a problem with my computer (or hers) because she had not yet received what she had expected to have had by then.…

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land. The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off. The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.” Proverbs 10:30-32 I’m one of those…

“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; Joel 2:12 This was eye-opening. I subscribe to a website where I get my pictures to put up with my posts. When I went to look for a picture for the “Fasting and Praying” post…