Everybody Loves Moses II Last week, we observed how God preserved Moses’ life by sending him to the Pharaoh’s own house to be brought up, preparing Moses to...
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Devotional thoughts, posted for the 31 Days of Blogging challenge.
Everybody Loves Moses
One of my most vivid childhood memories is listening to stories on 33 1/3 LPs on our record player. My favorite was a recording by Joseph Cotten reading the...
Right Place, Right Time
Much of the study of history, whether biblical or not, focuses on “great men and great deeds.” There are, however, unnumbered multitudes of common ordinary...
As Good As New
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” You’ve probably heard this motto (credited to President Calvin Coolidge) at least once…most likely from a...
Surviving the Storm
Psalm 107: 25-30. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he...
How to Find Rest
"In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength." Isaiah 30:15 In Hebrews 3 and 4, God speaks of His...
How to Keep Running
For many people running is the quintessential sport. Their day is not complete unless they “go for a run” either in the pre-dawn hours or after a long...
Be Still and Let Go
Be Still and Let Go These two simple phrases are the most valuable lessons I ever learned about the life of faith. The decision to "be still" and "let go"...
What Will You Carve?
I was privileged to be the speaker at the Class of 2000 Senior Tea the year my daughter Heidi graduated from high school. This is the lesson I presented that...
Robert Murray McCheyne
Robert Murray McCheyne was born in Edinburgh in May 1813. At fourteen he entered Edinburgh University, and graduated four years later in 1831. When his older...
Native Texan Holly Bebernitz moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 1967. After thirty years of teaching speech, English, and history on the secondary and college levels, she retired from classroom teaching to become a full-time grandmother. The change in schedule allowed the time needed to complete the novel she had begun writing in 1998. When Trevorode the Defender was published in March 2013, the author realized the story of the Magnolia Arms was not yet complete.