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    Happy Independence Day!

    Sunday, July 4th, 2010

    Oh, say! can you see by the dawn’s early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that [...]

    A Missionary’s Vision

    Saturday, November 14th, 2009

    A Missionary’s Vision After marriage God called me to the mission field – A little bundle needing all my care, A disciple in touch with my life, obedient to all he hears. Then came some more all in a row. Everywhere I went, six little arrows in tow. God had to call me again to [...]

    A Heart’s Resolution

    Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

      A Heart’s Resolution ~Victoria Rooney Nov. 15, 2008   (Adapted from “The Author’s Resolution in a Sonnet” by George Wither)   Shall I wasting in despair Die because a man’s dark hair Is parted on the side with care? And no scars his face impair? Be he handsome as my dreams With well-formed features [...]

    The Age-Old Desire…

    Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

    God, give each true good woman Her own small house to keep, No heart should ache with longing, No hurt should go too deep….. Grant her age-old desire: A house to love and sweep. Give her a man beside her, A kind man, and a true, And let them work together And love, a lifetime [...]

    You Were There

    Thursday, August 7th, 2008

    On Young Ladies’ Christian Fellowship, there was a beautiful poem that really spoke to me. I hope it blesses you, too.

    Becoming a Woman of Excellence

    Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

    Becoming A Woman Of Excellence A woman of excellence Is what I long to be Filled with your godly wisdom So it is part of me A woman of integrity No matter what I face Standing up for righteousness And for your saving grace A woman of destiny Living out your plan Knowing where you’d [...]

    Wait…

    Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

    Wait by Russell Kelfer Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried; Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate . . . And the Master so gently said, “Wait.” “Wait? you say wait?” my indignant reply. “Lord, I need answers, I need to know why! Is your hand shortened? [...]