Happy Mother’s Day!
…to love their children…
Read MoreCategory: Compassion
“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”
What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered,
was all for sinners’ gain;
Mine, mine was the transgression,
but Thine the deadly pain.
“Somewhere In Your Silent Night”
“God Himself will be among them
and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain;
the first things have passed away.”
“Mary, Did You Know?”
“…the blind receive sight, the lame walk,
the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear,
the dead are raised up, the poor have the gospel preached to them.”
“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel!”
God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,
in these last days has spoken to us in His Son.
Messiah!
“So will My word be
which goes forth from My mouth;
It will not return to Me empty,
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter
for which I sent it.”
“Comfort Ye My People”
“Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,” saith your God.
Read MoreLuke 9–10: The Good Samaritan & Being A Neighbor
“And who is my neighbor?”
Read MorePsalms 51–53: God’s Unfailing Love & God’s Compassion
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
Job 31–32: Questions & A Final Cry
“Behold, here is my signature;
Let the Almighty answer me!”
Happy Mother’s Day!
Children are not only a stewardship given to us from God—children are also a gift from God.
Read MoreO Sacred Head, Now Wounded
O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown; O sacred Head, what glory, what bliss till now was Thine! Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call Thee mine. What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered, was all for sinners’ gain; Mine, mine was […]
Read More“Somewhere In Your Silent Night”
Christmas and the holiday season are not always times that are cheery and bright. Loneliness and loss have a sharper edge then because they contrast with our longings to have Christmas be a time of warmth and love and joy. Suffering and grief can also inflict a terrible sense of alienation on our hearts. We […]
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Kindling for Candles 