SWALLOWS AND SPARROWS
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out …
SOMEBODY TOLD ME
“Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it …
DESPERATE FOR GOD
Psalm 84 assumes that on this highway to Heaven, we will pass through the Valley of Baka. The Valley of Weeping. Yes, it happens to …
HIDING PLACE
Did you ever have a favorite childhood hiding place, a place where you felt safe from the world? I used to love to play under …
A TEAR SOAKED PILLOW
Jesus wept. The shortest verse in the Bible. The psalmist gives a prophetic glimpse of His tears in Psalm 6. Have you ever felt like …
DEAD OF WINTER
January is fading at last, this long cold winter that confronts us after the joy of Christmas, a hurdle to be conquered. Tomorrow we will …
SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT
The disciples must have been beyond exhaustion. After helping Jesus feed thousands with a miraculous picnic on the shores of Galilee, they set out in …
THE POWER OF THANKSGIVING
Some 2800 years ago, long before the Pilgrims landed in America, a very nervous King Jehoshaphat found himself in the temple of the Lord, pleading …
AWAKE WITH PSALM 63
Something woke me at 3 AM today, and I struggled to get back to sleep, as I sometimes do. Thoughts and concerns tumbled through my …