Category Archives: Devotional Thoughts

A little girl reciting the 23rd Psalm began, “The Lord is my shepherd; that’s all I want.” Maybe she missed the wording, but she sure got the theology right. To have Jesus as our Shepherd is indeed a great blessing. … Continue reading →

We are all watchers but few of us really see. Many watched the birds fly, but it was the Wright brothers who saw that their wings were curved on the upper surface, thus enabling us to fly, too. Many had … Continue reading →

A hunter raised his rifle and took careful aim at a large bear. When about to pull the trigger, the bear spoke in a soft soothing voice, “Isn’t it better to talk than to shoot?  What do you want?  Let’s … Continue reading →

The prolific Christian hymn writer, Fanny Crosby, lost her sight as a young child. But it is obvious through her hymns that she was a person who could see wonderfully with the spiritual eyes of her heart. We see a touch … Continue reading →

THE LORD IS MY SPHEPHERD The LORD is my shepherd … that’s POSSESSION I shall not want … that’s PROVISION He maketh me to lie down in green pastures … that’s POSITION He leadeth me beside the still waters … … Continue reading →

“At the time of the truce between the Spaniards and the Dutch in 1609, there lived at Hoorn in North Holland, a Mennonist, Peter Jansen, who took the notion that he would build ship of the same proportions as Noah’s … Continue reading →

In a motion picture called “The Dead Poet’s Society”, Robin Williams plays the role of a teacher in an exclusive eastern prep school. On the first day of school, he takes the class of boys out into the hallway to … Continue reading →

Take a piece of wax, a piece of meat, some sand, some clay, and some wood shavings, put them on the fire and see how they react. Each of them is being acted upon by the same agent, yet…the wax … Continue reading →

The reality is that, if we figure to survive in this world, we had better have hope. The ancients knew that. Do you remember Pandora? Mythology has her as a lady endowed with every charm…the gift of all the gods. … Continue reading →

Years ago, when the Betty Crocker Company first began selling their cake mixes, they offered a product which only needed water. All you had to do was add water to the mix which came in the box, and you would … Continue reading →