Psalm 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. 

If today is a sad day, a lonely day, a hard day for you, know this - there is One who sees your struggle and His love for you is greater tha...

Because tomorrow may be a hard day for some people... Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep yo...

Poppies. Central Texas. I added a new collection of short poems at The Home Maker's Corner . The Place of Peace At the heart of the cy...

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

One of the weird things about grief is how it ebbs and flows. It ebbs and we think that it's lessening and now things will be better and...

There are a lot of sad and lonely people right now for various reasons. This is a common time of year for some people to feel alone or depre...

Psalm 32:7-11 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Sela...

Psalm 121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.  He's Helping Me Now He's helping me now--this m...

[Originally published, 7/2012; Edited, Dec. 2017.] Proverbs 24:10   If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. De...

Something that has come across my path from time to time in various ways is the idea that Jesus was a homeless person. This is used to ...

Photo by Stephen Van Nattan.  Graphic work by Mary Stephens.

Matthew 11:28-30  Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; ...

Hebrews 13:5  …he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Cades Cove, Tenn.

  Psalms 32:7  Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Sela...

1 John 3:2-3  Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, w...

  Psalms 46:4  There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High....

  Since I missed yesterday’s post and didn’t have anything scheduled for tomorrow, I thought I’d combine the two with a little talk about t...

By Mrs. Robin R. [Robin is unable to have any children of her own.] In the Bible there are several examples of barren women…Sarai, ...