Isaiah 49:15 NIV “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!
49:16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.
Really from the [...]

Mark 4:20 ASV
(20)  And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.
There is something precious about the soil that is ready to bear fruit. It has been prepared long before the seed is placed inside of [...]

 1 Corinthians 14:1  Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it–because it does. (The Message)       
It’s easy to love a big juicy steak, Rudy’s barbeque, Texmex, Blue Bell ice-cream, Cinnabon’s, coffee, etc. You could even come to the conclusion that there just isn’t any life without one of these things. But, in [...]

Zechariah 9:12  Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
With the experience of loss there is a disabling desperation that threatens to disrupt any possibility of progress in life, with all purpose for living apparently gone forever. The passing of [...]

Psa 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
I remember the good old days, when I could just stuff myself with about everything on the table and still feel like I had room for more. I traveled a couple summers with a group that, while [...]

Eph 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, [...]