by assistant | Jun 17, 2025 | Devotional
Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. My first response to Jesus’ words in this portion of the Beatitudes is to say “what”??? This earth seems driven by those who are the most bombastic and bellicose. The voices of the meek seem...
by assistant | Jun 10, 2025 | Devotional
Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. According to the Oxford dictionary, the word mourn means deep sorrow or regret. Unlike the other Beatitudes, I’ve really struggled with this one. Who comforts those who...
by assistant | Jun 2, 2025 | Devotional
Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. What does it mean to be poor in spirit? I have often thought this first verse of the Beatitudes speaks of someone who is “down in the dumps” and chronically...
by assistant | May 27, 2025 | Devotional
In Flanders Fields BY JOHN MCCRAE In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We...
by assistant | May 19, 2025 | Devotional
James 5:16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (KJV) The King James Version of the Bible is how I most remember this verse, so I’m posting it here in that...
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