peace

LIVE PEACEABLY!

If ever there was a fit moment to practice what is enjoined by the Apostle Paul, under the leadership of the Holy Spirit, we certainly could say it is in this hour. We speak of peace, peacefulness, peaceably, along with the knowledge that in other portions of Scripture it is said: “and the world shallContinue reading “LIVE PEACEABLY!”

QUIET SOUNDS – PEACE

The sound was arresting. Having awakened from a deep sleep, the quietness was being penetrated by the cooing of a dove close by. Somewhat reflectively, I found myself in northern Pennsylvania remembering the first morning of our honeymoon when the stillness of our cabin had been penetrated with the sounds of dove, whip-poor-will, and bob-white.Continue reading “QUIET SOUNDS – PEACE”

IN THE CENTER OF HURRICANES

As a child, I recall a certain fascination in standing on the first floor of the Gibbs Hill lighthouse in Bermuda and looking at the huge crack in the brick created by a hurricane in the late 1920s. The lighthouse was constructed of cast-iron; however, the base and the first floor have seven feet ofContinue reading “IN THE CENTER OF HURRICANES”

WORRY

Sometimes I think that some of us worry that we will have nothing to worry about! We are almost forced into such negativity because of surroundings, whether it is health, time, work, family, finances… you name it! We turn on the radio, T.V., computer, or read the newspaper, or other sources. There is sufficient turmoilContinue reading “WORRY”

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27 In the midst of the throes of Christmas, for that is what it has become in our secularized society, we beginContinue reading “PEACE”