My Heart’s Valentine

This is a hands-on blog. I need comments to help me write a Valentine to Jesus. The melody is at Youtube/JudithVanderWege and the lyrics follow here. Please, would you give any suggestions for improvement in the comments section? My Heart’s … Continued

Reminiscences of Love

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February—Valentines’ Day—Love— memories. What other words do you think of on Valentine’s Day? For me, the good memories are mixed in with the grieving memories. But even the grieving memories are good because they reveal love. For instance, my Grandpa … Continued

Depression? Praise the Lord Anyway

This time of year, when it is too cold to enjoy being outside even momentarily, it’s easy to feel depressed. I’ve been refreshing my memory of a book called Healing for Damaged Emotions by David A. Seamands. He quotes Samuel … Continued

Mary Did You Know?

Hello, everybody. I hope you are having a blessed winter. We had our first snowfall this week and cold! This song, “Mary Did You Know,” is such a good Christmas song. I thought you might like to hear it again, … Continued

I Am the Resurrection

The Coffee Break leader said, “We want to give our condolences to Judy, who lost her husband,  I piped up, “He’s not lost. I know exactly where he is.”  Yes, because of Jesus’ resurrection, and my husband, Paul’s, faith in him, … Continued

Ash Precedes

This week, I had the privilege of serving the body of Christ. It was my job to plunge my finger into a goopy mixture of ash and apply a cross to each forehead or hand presented to me and say, … Continued

Easter Joy

Easter has always been my favorite holiday. What joy to know that Jesus rose from the dead! Because he lives, we too shall live forever in heaven with him! I’d like to share my favorite Easter song with you: “Christ … Continued

Why Does God Allow Pain?

Sometimes things happen in our lives that we don’t understand. We know God is all-powerful and all-loving, so why would he allow the death of a loved one, or of a marriage? Why would he allow a worldwide pandemic or … Continued

“Praise the Lord…sing to him a new song” Ps. 33:2-3    

The Sovereignty of Christ You are the mighty King! Master of everything. Though you are gentle, you rule over all. Why do you plead for me? Why did you bleed for me? Why bother sending your call. Your grace has … Continued