I Kings 1:45 says, “And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.” I like to hear a good old-fashioned bell ring. I attended the Orchard Prairie School […]

II Samuel 9:13 states, “So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king’s table; and was lame on both his feet.” I heard of an old hermit who ate on a dirty makeshift table amidst the squalor he lived in. He did not eat alone, for a mouse would often join

Deuteronomy 31:8 says, “And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.” After spending a week sleeping under the stars on a survival trip, it was time to ride our horses up out of the

I Samuel 17:10 says, “And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day: give me a man, that we may fight together.” Goliath, being over nine feet tall, was easy to see on the battlefield. For forty days, he called this challenge out to the army of Israel. Saul and his men

Luke 6:23 says, “Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.” Leaping for joy demonstrates faith. The night can be dark and long, but in the morning light, things look much different. The present darkness

Matthew 5:6 states, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” The tragic event of the Donner Party starving in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the winter of 1846-1847 is a picture of how hungry people can get. They not only ate anything leather, including their shoes, but

Hebrews 3:13 says, “But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.” Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) means “thick heart muscle disease.”I am not a doctor, nor do I have much understanding of the medical field. In fact, I don’t like long words that

Judges 2:2 says, “And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?” The family had recently moved up from California to the Northwest. One morning the Dad got up and looked out on a

Psalm 61:2 states, “From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” I have yet to visit Mount Rushmore National Memorial. From pictures and readings and what I have heard from visitors, I am overwhelmed that a man,

Psalm 40:3 says, “And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.” Years ago a group of students in college choir, at a Christian college, were on campus practicing their singing on a hot summer day in