"Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips will glorify You." Psalm 63:3
Category: God’s Goodness
When Cancer Interrupts Your Blogging Aspirations
So, where have I been lately? My little excursion into the world of cancer started nearly three years ago. Things were going quite well. Until they weren't. So, I now have stage four metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. And it's everywhere. Progressing rapidly. Today I found out I have twenty lesions in my brain. Great. I …
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Music for Late Winter
It is only February and already the songbirds here in interior Alaska sound a little different. These are the diehard birds that stick with us through the long, dark winter. I hear a new cheery note in their call as the days begin to lengthen once again. Spring is still far off at this latitude, …
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Marvelous: Psalm 105:5
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; Psalm 105:5 Let me never, ever forget what I am without you. Everything you do is wonderful and right. Everything.
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Make Known His Deeds: Psalm 105:1
photo: Hans Nolywaika O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Psalm 105:1 Thank you, Lord, that you are. Thank you that I can call on your name and you hear me. Me! Thank you I have the freedom to tell people about your marvelous deeds. …
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An Ever Present Help
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 Enter your mail to get the latest posts delivered to your inbox.
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Enabled to Praise Him
He has enabled me to reply, "Blessed be the name of the Lord." Artwork by Noah Nolywaika | http://www.noahnolywaika.com Another comforting gem to add to the Grace Gems collection. (Letters of William Romaine, 1714-1795)My good Friend, I never was more obliged to you than for your Christian sympathy with us in this time of need. …
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Blessed
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and …
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Prayer for a Time of Bereavement
John MacDuff, from "Family Prayers" 1885 The desire of our eyes has been taken away by a stroke! The shadows of death have unexpectedly fallen around us! Oh forbid that we should rebel under the rod, and refuse to be comforted. Let us glorify You "in the fires!" Let us feel that if we are Your children, there …
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Far Better: From ‘A Song of Sighs’ by Susannah Spurgeon (3/3)
by Susannah Spurgeon,On the death of her husband, C. H. Spurgeon, (Excerpts) Part Three - Parting Company I can see two pilgrims treading this highway of life together, hand in hand—heart linked to heart. True, they have had rivers to ford, and mountains to cross, and fierce enemies to fight, and many dangers to go …
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The Lord’s Song: From ‘A Song of Sighs’ by Susannah Spurgeon (2/3)
by Susannah Spurgeon, on the death of her husband, C. H. Spurgeon, (Excerpts) Part Two: Mercy Outruns Misery How shall I sing the Lord's song in a strange land? For I am brought into a strange, weary land of loneliness and sorrow. I am a captive to grief, and the light of my life has been …
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God Glorified in Sorrow: From ‘A Song of Sighs’ by Susannah Spurgeon (1/3)
by Susannah Spurgeon, on the death of her husband, C. H. Spurgeon, (Excerpts) Part One - Introduction: A sweet symphony of praise I wrote this ten years ago, on my return from Mentone, that beautiful village on the sea-coast; when with one hand the Lord had smitten me well-near to death, while with the other hand He …
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Greater
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. Psalm 145:3 Our future joy is greater than our present pain. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 2 Corinthians 4:17 God's peace is greater than …
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Since God is Good… Why…
Written by Michael Weis, Bible teacher, Missionary, and Manager of Social Media at Zion’s Hope. https://www.facebook.com/notes/zions-hope/since-god-is-good-why/295166227632776/
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It Shall Be Well | Evening – C.H. Spurgeon
If it "shall be" well, then it "is well" even now. Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him. Isaiah 3:10 It is well with the righteous always. If it had said, “Say ye to the righteous, that it is well with him in his prosperity,” we must have been thankful …
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You Can Trust Him 