I wrote this limerick this morning, several hours after I began my devotional time in prayer and study of God’s Word, finding myself side-tracked into a lot of (other-than) devotion, and in dire need of getting back to it:
I guess I jumped into my day,
Without taking the time to pray;
Lord, now let me do so
not [...]
Never too late
Living in a state of perpetual forgiveness requires daily passport updates
Or, as the postscript to “The Lord’s Prayer” seems to threaten: “But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses.” (Matt. 6:15, Amplified Bible)
Many times the offending party has no idea [...]
Hope is a verb
Yesterday morning I awoke with the word “hope” on my heart. This is somewhat unusual for me, especially around the Christmas season. Christmas hasn’t been joyful for me since my first marriage ended in 1991. Though most of that year and the following two are a blur now, the pain associated with this season has [...]
“My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and complete His work.” John 4:34
I just really began the ministry of HISwork.com this evening when I finally took the time to develop the first (decent) tee shirt idea the Lord impressed upon me, several weeks ago during one of my devotional times. As I was reading through Matthew, on my second year through the whole Bible, I came to [...]
