Roane County Park, Tennessee Two Kinds of Trees Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and mak...

  Christ Ever Lives ...he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Heb. 7:25 Christ ever lives! What joy th' assurance...

I updated this article a bit and am reposting it. It feels like a good time to revisit this thought. Thoughts from Hymns - Fight the Good Fi...

That Will Be Heaven for Me I know not the hour when my Lord will come To take me away to His own dear home; But I know that His p...

Some years back we heard a sermon on the subject of the crossing of the Red Sea in Exodus 14. I couldn’t help thinking of these two poems,...

2 Corinthians 5:6-9 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For...

Original artwork by Carl Larson When We Are Sick and Fearful by Stephen Van Nattan You have been having a hard time getting your breath for ...

This selection from my Mom's Collection was first published here in 2015. It seems appropriate as an end of year post and is Worth Repe...

  This selection comes from part of a page my mom cut from an unknown Christian publication that is dated August 30, 1964.  This poem and ...

Cade’s Cove, Tennessee (Great Smoky Mts.) (Originally published Feb. 2012. Edited 2024.) Not long ago I started reading the book...

  2 Corinthians 8:9   For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ...

1 Corinthians 3:7   So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Here is an ...

 Worth Repeating Here are some more items from my mother’s collection, along with some of my own thoughts. This time we’re thinking about p...

  (Aug. 2013; edited Oct. 2022) I read Psalm 138 this week and this last verse especially touched my heart. Psalms 138:8   The LORD wi...

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is imp...

  Worth Repeating First published here Aug. 2014 Edited. There is so much sorrow and misery and tragedy in the world lately, what with new...

I Shall Dwell Forever by Annie Johnson Flint Psalm 23:6 ...I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. "I shall dwell forever...

"Faith is rest, not toil. It is the giving up all the former weary efforts to do or feel something good, in order to induce God to...

Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms... Isaiah 40:11 He shall feed his flock like ...

Psalm 61:2-4 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For...