Posted by: Janet on: September 4, 2008
Today, famine does not always mean crop failure.
Most of us in developed countries, grow little or none of our own food. We need money to purchase food. Our ability to earn money can be impacted by poor health, disability, loss of a job, economic downturns in our region or industry, changes in federal or state [...]
Posted by: Janet on: July 25, 2008
From the New Living Translation
Psalm 112
1 Praise the Lord!
How joyful are those who fear the Lord
and delight in obeying his commands.
2 Their children will be successful everywhere;
an entire generation of godly people will be blessed.
3 They themselves will be wealthy,
and their good deeds will last forever.
4 Light shines in the darkness for the godly.
They are [...]
Posted by: Janet on: April 15, 2008
Sing, O childless woman
you who have never given birth!
Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem,
you who have never been in labor.
For the desolate woman now has more children
than the woman who lives with her husband,
says the Lord.
Enlarge your house; build an addition.
Spread out hour home, and spare no expense!
For you will soon be bursting [...]
Posted by: Janet on: March 25, 2008
Our pastor was reading Deuteronomy 6:10-11 last Sunday, and I was struck by the fact that the blessing (material wealth and security) God promised to His people – “large and beautiful cities that you did not build, houses full of good things, which you did not fill, hewn out wells which you did not dig, [...]