by Marilou Lyons | Jun 25, 2025 | 2025, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford “I need self-validation*,” a woman said to her friend. “I’m going to confront my mother today.” “What in the world is self-validation?” the friend asked naively. Incredulous, the woman said, “You haven’t heard about...
by Marilou Lyons | Jun 9, 2025 | 2025, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford “Look down, look down that lonesome road before you travel on, Look up, look up and seek your Maker before Gabriel blows his horn.” —Gene Austin © 1928 Gene Austin’s plaintive song...
by Marilou Lyons | Jun 9, 2025 | 2025, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford In 1936 Texas marked the 100th year of their independence with celebrations the whole year long. I was 9 years old. All of us little Texas girls got to wear cowboy boots to school that year. (You do...
by Marilou Lyons | Jun 9, 2025 | 2025, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford I lost a hearing aid the other day. I was sitting on my bed and dropped it as I was putting it in my ear. Scrambling around—it had to be close by!—I was sitting right there when I dropped it. I panicked. “Here...
by Marilou Lyons | May 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford He looked trustworthy. We thought he was a good man. On television he dressed well; he looked rugged and dependable. He answered questions about the Bible with spontaneity and intelligence and clarity. He was...
