Never the Same
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!” — Revelation…
A Soldier and a Garden
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden which he and his disciples entered. —John 18:1 Down…
God of Creation
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all…
Resource Readiness
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. — Romans 15:4 "It…
Branded
“Hi, I’m Jocelyn.” I was one of several new military wives being welcomed to the unit with a potluck luncheon. Already unsure of myself in this “new” world, I was completely taken aback when my introduction of myself was countered with, “Oh, don’t bother telling us your name. You’re the XO’s (Executive Officer) wife, and that’s all you’ll ever be to us.” She then suggested that she would buy a T-shirt for me emblazoned with “XO’s wife” so no one would ever need to wonder. My husband’s title had just branded me for the duration of my time in this tiny town in Alaska. Perhaps I should have expected it, but I was frustrated. I wanted to be identified for who I was, not for what my husband did for a living.
On The Road
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priest. About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I…
Is God Trustworthy?
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Editor’s Note: Several months ago, my husband and I attended a briefing given by a high-ranking Navy chaplain to a group of local pastors. He told them, “The best thing…
It’s Personal
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. O LORD, You have searched me and You know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out…
Where in the World?
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?” — Jeremiah 32:27 Have you ever wondered. . . . Where in the world did…
A New Year Every Morning
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “…my spirit is depressed. Yet hope returns when I remember this one thing: The Lord’s unfailing love and mercy still continue, fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise.”…