Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Little did I realize when I wrote … Continue reading Tribute to a Lady Named Millie
Jesus replied: …On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. … . –Matthew 16:28b.As you come to Him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to Him---you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy … Continue reading Under Construction
The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not lack for anything. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. Yes, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of … Continue reading Blogspiration – August 2019
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. –Galatians 2:20. Have you ever worked for a control freak, … Continue reading Blogspiration – June 2019
It was good for me to be afflicted. –Psalm 119:71. A few nights ago, as I laid my head on my pillow, the room started spinning out of control and it felt like the bed was tipping me over and dumping me on the floor. Fortunately, it was a brief attack of vertigo, and I … Continue reading Blogspiration – April 2019
In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind will see. –Isaiah 29:18 I am prophecy fulfilled. The first part of the above verse happened—to me! March 21, 1961, I was in basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia. We were out … Continue reading Blogspiration – March 8, 2019
Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. –Hebrews 13:2 The pastor of the church where I was the minister of music called. “Bob,” he said, “Dr. Dale Oldham, speaker for The Christian Brotherhood Hour radio broadcast, and his son Doug … Continue reading Blogspiration – January 24, 2019
Several years ago, while shopping in a mall in Eugene, Oregon, I began to stagger, and was hard-pressed to make it to a nearby espresso shop where I could sit down and try to collect myself. I continued to have mobility issues the rest of the day, but soon forgot about it. A month or … Continue reading Blogspiration – December 2018
As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the … Continue reading Blogspiration—October 31, 2018
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Quote by Joseph P. Kennedy When Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of … men, women and children gathered around him. They too wept bitterly. Then Shekaniah said to Ezra,” We have been unfaithful … Continue reading Blogspiration – August 14, 2018
