by Marilou Lyons | Feb 17, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford At a gathering of enthusiastic young people at our church one night, one dear girl seemed to isolate herself from the group. Her face was remote, aloof, as if she dared anyone to speak to her. She didn’t sing with...
by Marilou Lyons | Jan 28, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Yesterday morning I sat down at my computer and clicked on my internet icon. Instead of the AOL screen I expected , I got a completely blank page except for a tiny message in the upper left corner that said,...
by Marilou Lyons | Jan 20, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford When my mother was a child, she told me, there was one whole year when the sunsets were spectacular. Why? A major volcano had erupted somewhere in the world, and the debris made the sunset skies glorious for a...
by Marilou Lyons | Jan 13, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford My earliest childhood memory is still very clear in my mind. I was less than two-years-old, held in my mother’s arms in a service at First Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas. I don’t remember the preacher, Dr....
by Marilou Lyons | Jan 6, 2026 | 2025, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford At the beginning of a new year, my husband always encouraged our church families to look back on the past year to assess failures and triumphs and to choose new goals, identify faults to overcome, and to dream sweet...
