As I read 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, it is such a reminder, that it’s not just once a year, or around the family table, but at all times that we are to be thankful.
It’s hard though, admittedly.
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the
Ever walked into someone’s home and felt like it should be on the front cover of a decorator’s magazine? You become acutely aware of the dirty shoes you wore in, or the thought that the kids would somehow spill fruit punch on the otherwise immaculate furniture. You arrive home feeling … Read More >>
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look
I watched as the kids played outside in the dusk with flashlights. Later as they came in, I asked them, “How did it go?”
“Not bad,” they said. “We weren’t even scared!”
“Not scared? Why’s that ?”
“Because we had a flashlight to keep the dark away.”
Isn’t that how … Read More >>
