A Shepherd’s Story 4 – Great Joy!
Amos had just finished the last phrase on his flute. While the sheep rested quietly, Papa Ariah and brother Ezra settled down as well. The heavens boasted an array of…
A Shepherd’s Story 3 – Trouble in Town
Amos and a friend were relieved of their shepherd duties for a couple of days. Amos' mother wanted him to go into town to purchase a new pottery bowl for…
A Shepherd’s Story – Part 1
"Martha, I'll be out in the lambing barn. Lily is about to give birth." "Oh, Papa, can I go too? I never seen them sheep give birth. I just see…
Note to Blog Readers
I'm going a slightly different direction for December. We'll explore the life of shepherds through a little five-part story of a shepherd boy named Amos. Be sure to take a…
Thanksgiving – Spiritual Blessings
I hoped you enjoyed giving thanks last week for the blessings of relationships in your life. You will receive this post on Thanksgiving day. Some of you will celebrate with…
Thanksgiving – Relationships
Have you given thanks this week for some of your every day material blessings as was mentioned in last week's blog? One day my prayer time went something like this:…
Thanksgiving – or Not
The Halloween costumes are stored away and the moldy jack-o-lanterns are thrown out. Time to think about gathering in Christmas presents. After all, earlier this week, we lunched at White…
David – A Man After God’s Own Heart
"He (or she) is a person after God's own heart." Can you think of anything better for someone to say about you than that? When King Saul had disobeyed God,…
David – Persistence, Patience, Hope
So what does one do when one is waiting for a replaced knee to heal? Exercise, rest, prop up with ice packs, eat, sleep, pile up ice packs, exercise,…
David – Trusting
David is on the run with Saul in hot pursuit. Saul doesn't like the women singing, "Saul has killed his thousands and David his tens of thousands." At first, Saul…
- Go to the previous page
- 1
- …
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- …
- 47
- Go to the next page