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Wait “I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in His word I put my hope. I wait for the Lord more than the watchmen wait for the morning, more than the watchmen wait for the morning.” (Psalm 130:5) After I had promised not to tell anyone, I told one of my sisters…

In the year 1611, in London, England, a contingent of book publishers protested to King James I that if he allowed a new English version of the whole Bible to be made available to the public at large, they, the publishers, would be driven out of business; for who would buy any other book if…

“The Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you.” (1 Chronicles 9:10) These are the words spoken by King David to his son Solomon, just before turning over the throne of Israel to his son. David had spent the last few years…

Before the Biblical Abraham could receive a promise, before he could form a household and envision a future, he had to “Go from your country, your people, and your father’s household to the land that I (God) will show you.” (Genesis 12:1) Abraham had to detach himself from all the people, places, and things which…

“Did you see the way his mouth was open when you brought Scuffy (our cat) into the clinic? I was sure he wouldn’t live through the night,” said Stan, our veterinarian, the next day. “He had every symptom of the last stage of kidney disease, but this morning he’s standing, and hungry; his fur is…

“On the last day of the festival Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.’” (John7:37) When Jesus spoke these words, he had already told a Samaritan…

There is a narrow point, extending into Possum Kingdom Lake, from an uninhabited peninsula. The point of land grows as a drought causes the lake to recede. Standing on our deck one day, as I looked toward the point, I saw a cow standing near the water, and another cow further back near the line…

Among the many Greek myths surrounding Poseidon, the god of the sea, and the brother of Zeus, is the story that Poseidon was the creator of the giraffe, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, the donkey, and several other animals that he rejected, in his effort to create his masterpiece, the horse. The wonderful, useful qualities of the horse…

Down the street from the courthouse in Goldthwaite, Texas, there is a small museum containing a good variety of things, mostly related to either the adjacent jail or the courthouse. Both buildings are worth visiting for the history they contain, and for the artifacts. The most curious artifact I found, and the one to which…

“I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the course and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of the grace of God.” (acts 20:24) The writer of these words was Paul, some times called “the great Apostle” of Jesus. Few…