In the kitchen this morning, my husband poured my coffee, gave me a quick kiss and said with endearing satisfaction, “You’re mine…. And you’re gonna be mine tomorrow.” In the enjoyment of that moment, I had a clear thought of the permanence and security I have in God. I’m His, and I’m going to be [...]

I’ve been singing this old Fanny Crosby song all week:
Jesus, keep me near the cross–
There a precious fountain,
Free to all, a healing stream,
Flows from Calvary’s mountain.
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever,
‘Til my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.
At the cross I stood one day,
Love and mercy found me;
There the bright and [...]

“Comfort yourself, tried believer, with this thought: God says, ‘I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.’ Does not the Word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame?” Yea, is it not a protective shield, against which the heat has no power? Let affliction come–God has chosen me. Poverty, you [...]

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From The Valley of Vision
Glorious Jehovah, My Covenant God,
All thy promises in Christ Jesus are
yea and amen, and all shall be fulfilled.
Thou hast spoken them, and they shall be done,
commanded, and they shall come to pass.
Yet I have often doubted thee,
have lived at times as if there were no God.
Lord, forgive me that death in [...]

For you are my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness. For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall. This God–his way is perfect; and the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge [...]