Your life is a gift!
The candle in today’s background photo was a gift … a gift of love from my daughter. So also, God has given the world a gift of Love ... God has given His own Son, Jesus! When we…
I’m so SAD
You will notice that today’s background photo is a “Seattle Rain” candle. Living in the Pacific Northwest, just about all of us deal with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), especially during that long grey rainy stretch from January thru…
Joy is a weapon
Everywhere we look, all we can see is pain, suffering, and evil running rampant. It hardly seems fitting to talk about joy … … after all, isn’t joy synonymous with happiness, celebration, rejoicing?? There is no reason to…
I feel so far away
There is a lot of hate everywhere in the world around us. Everywhere we look we see hatred. The lighthouse in today’s background photo is far, far away. (Destruction Island Light, off the WA coast) This is what…
Uniquely Different
God has made each of us uniquely different. - We have unique personalities. - We have unique background experiences. - We have unique skills, talents, and abilities. - We have been uniquely gifted for a specific purpose and…
LIGHT is our armor, protecting us.
Once again, in our Daily Verse today we see that LIGHT is associated with spiritual warfare. Romans 13:12 commands us to put aside the deeds of darkness and to put on the armor of LIGHT.God’s LIGHT is our…
No room for the LIGHT
In today's background photo, it is clear that the little clay pot has been specifically designed to be filled with light. But something else is already filling up the little clay pot. There is no room for the…
God’s LIGHT … our spiritual weaponry
It is interesting to note that in today’s Daily Verse, the weapons of spiritual warfare are mentioned in direct relation to LIGHT. Faith and Love are specifically mentioned as being spiritual protective “armor” for our heart. Also, the…
You are the Light of the world
Over the past two weeks we have been taking a look at Jesus’s teachings in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew, chapters 5-7). As has been stated before, Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount was radical for those who…
Christians … all different “kinds”
In today’s background photo, you will notice Rock Salt is represented. Rock Salt is great at melting ice … whether for making ice cream, or for melting ice from dangerous, slippery steps, sidewalks, or driveways. In much the…