by leedannelly | May 3, 2021 | 2021, Devotionals
Courage: The Most Important Virtue?A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford If ever someone earned the right to talk about courage, surely Maya Angelou did. She endured the kind of heart-wrenching abuse that would have made most of us give up in despair....
by leedannelly | Apr 26, 2021 | 2021, Devotionals
Comfort Food for the Soul A Word of Comfort with Elizabeth Rice Handford Yesterday morning our youngest son lost his precious wife to cancer. No matter how long I have been a Christian, and no matter how sure I am that we will see her again in Heaven, I am grieved by...
by leedannelly | Apr 19, 2021 | 2021, Devotionals
Looking for a Loophole in the Promise You Made? A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Looking for a loophole in the promise you made? You can always find one. A teenager trapped in his automobile after an accident prayed, “God, if you get me out...
by leedannelly | Apr 12, 2021 | 2021, Devotionals
Keeping a Promise When It Hurts A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Way back in the neolithic age (well, really, in the 1950’s) in Wheaton, Illinois, I managed a Christian book store for my father. To promote the store, I planned a gala...
by leedannelly | Apr 5, 2021 | 2021, Devotionals
Daddy’s Office Door Is Always Open to His Children Thoughts on Jesus’ Final Words on the Cross with Elizabeth Rice Handford Margi knew her daddy was a very busy man because lots of people needed him. They called him “Pastor Handford.” Mother...