Not that there’s a deficit of it year-round, but summer brings a surge of unabashed immodesty. I’m sorry to say that Christian women are not immune to giving in to the prevailing fashions and sometimes I’m startled and concerned at what I see. The motivation that determines how we dress should not be to look [...]

This month’s Roundup is on Thursday the 15th, and hosted by Ann at Whatever Things… Check out the other recipes linked there and you might get to be the winner of her GIVEAWAY!
The folks in Colorado are known for their love of bison and beef, so it seems appropriate to post these recipes, which were [...]

Blessèd assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Refrain:
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.
Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now [...]

It’s been snowing all day, sometimes heavily, and I’m guessing we have about 6 inches so far. The Dependable Weather Man said it would stop at 10:30 this morning, but since it’s after 3pm and it’s till coming down, I’m doubting his dependability.
Our daffodils are covered with snow, poor things. Otherwise, I shouldn’t complain because [...]

When slightly warming a lemon in the microwave so that it gives off more juice, the operative word is slightly. I turned to do something else and left it in for about 30 seconds. Big mistake. When I reached for the lemon, it exploded and shot juice onto my hand and arm, leaving a bleeding [...]

Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea.
A great high Priest whose Name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands,
My name is written on His heart.
I know that while in Heaven He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart.
When Satan tempts me to despair
And [...]

Almost every weekday I talk to husbands and wives who are struggling with the impact of sexual sin on their marriage. The issue that always rises to the top of the heap is the response of wife to husband. That’s the basis of what I was thinking about this morning as I did my 50 [...]

Exhortation to Prayer ~William Cowper
What various hindrances we meet
In coming to a mercy-seat!
Yet who that knows the worth of pray’r,
But wishes to be often there?
Pray’r makes the dark’ned cloud withdraw,
Pray’r climbs the ladder Jacob saw;
Gives exercise to faith and love,
Brings ev’ry blessing from above.
Restraining pray’r, we cease to fight;
Pray’r makes the Christian’s armour bright;
And Satan [...]

There is nothing in us or done by us, at any stage of our earthly development, because of which we are acceptable to God. We must always be accepted for Christ’s sake, or we cannot be accepted at all. This is not true of us only when we believe. It is just as true after [...]

Would you be a featherbed warrior instead of bearing the rough fight of love? He who dares the most shall win the most; and if the path of love is rough, tread it boldly, still loving your neighbors through thick and thin. Heap coals of fire on their heads, and if they are hard to [...]