Scripture: Psalm 42:5-6 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God. My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. Thought for the Day: Solomon Bellow, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature wrote
Scripture: Psalm 130:7-8 O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem. It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities. Thought for the Day: The 16th century reformer, Martin Luther, spoke powerfully when he shared the simple words: Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. I used to
Scripture: 2nd Samuel 11:26-27 When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she made lamentation for him. When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord, Thought for the Day: I’ve always loved the often humorous words of Winston Churchill. In
Scripture: Zechariah 7:9-11 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears in order not to hear. Thought for the Day: The Dalai Lama
Scripture: James 1:2-4 My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. Thought for the Day: Below, you will see some pictures of our own Jenny Seeto-Hodges. Jenny has completed four marathons
Scripture: Proverb 4:20-23 My child, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. Thought for the Day: I don’t know if you saw
Scripture: Isaiah 45:19 I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, “Seek me in chaos.” I the Lord speak the truth, I declare what is right. Thought for the Day: Has anyone ever delivered some sugar-coated hostility your way? At first, you don’t really recognize it as hostility. It might be syrupy-sweet, yet underneath is an
Scripture: Psalm 104:30-33 When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground. May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works—who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke. I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while
Scripture: Galatians 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. Thought for the Day: Are you willing to stop micromanaging and allow a situation to play itself out? To be honest, I’m not so good at that. I often like to keep a hand on things which
Scripture: 1st Thessalonians 5:20 Do not despise the words of prophets… Thought for the Day: I always liked the 911 call where the young girl was notifying the dispatcher that her mom was weird. I’m surprised my son never made that same call, but in regard to his father. Had 911 been available in the times of the ancient prophets, I’m confident the dispatchers would have received numerous