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(I wrote this piece on June 22, 2022, having a small inkling I was indeed, in the middle . I was injured 02-05-20, and healed 10-24-24. ...

At this rate they were afraid we would soon be driven against the rocks along the shore, so they threw out four anchors from the back of...

This blog was written in the second year of my affliction in March 2022. (I was injured in early February 2020 and that lasted until...

For the LORD has heard my weeping.  The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.  Psalm 6:8b-9  NIV I long for the...

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you...

You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.  Isaiah 26:3 (NLT) Peace can be allusive,...

Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.  Proverbs 4:25 NIV The family road trip of long hours spent in the...

And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not...

Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. Hebrews...

Our society frowns on weakness. The weaker ones always seem to get picked on, get picked last, and get pushed to the back of the line or...

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. Hebrews 12:7 (NIV) There’s enduring and then there’s enduring. And...

A week filled with the realization affliction is long and has a tenacious hold on me and then to wake up to this verse as God’s promise...

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops...

You are to worship at a distance. Exodus 24:1 (NIV) I wrote a devotional yesterday with the same title, but a completely different...

And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now...

Help, LORD. Psalm 12:1 Receiving unwanted news, even bad news is never easy. Nor welcome. How does one prepare for such times? ...

May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. 2 Thessalonians 3:5 NIV I am one who is quick to ask for...

Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. Philippians 2:12b NLT For God is working in...

As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. James 5:11 May I have a show of hands of those who like patience? I wouldn't...

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they...