"Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. ..." Luke 1:30 ESV After worship... I asked a young friend who chose to spend Thanksgiving alone... if she took time to be thankful... to give God thanks... She paused... thinking... then said... I ate roast chicken and blueberry cobbler... I was satisfied... Is… Continue reading His favor…
Category: Comfort
suffering…
For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him... that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death... Philippians 3:8-10 ESV The world… Continue reading suffering…
finding comfort in the temporary…
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 2Corinthians 4:17-18 ESV Eugene Peterson...… Continue reading finding comfort in the temporary…
after His heart…
After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: 'I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.' Acts 13:22 NIV In the three year reading through of His Word... we read about David in 2Samuel... and I wonder… Continue reading after His heart…
poured out…
Feeling poured out... after pouring out some comfort today... Thank-full for the opportunity... Grateful to have something to pour... Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in… Continue reading poured out…