by Marilou Lyons | Jul 24, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford I was dismayed when I opened my front door to a woman who came to me for counsel.Her face was a taut mask of pain and grief like I’d seldom seen. I hadn’t met her before, and I had no idea of her need. But she could...
by Marilou Lyons | Jul 16, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Handford When I was a child, and Mother was making biscuits, I would read again the line that was printed on every bag of General Mills Gold Medal Flour. It intrigued me so. It was only three words: “Why not now?” I was deeply...
by Marilou Lyons | Jul 11, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Handford Have you ever felt like your world had collapsed, and that God has forgotten you? I remember a Sunday when the Rice family gathered at Mother’s and Daddy’s house for dinner in Wheaton. My sister Grace and her husband...
by Marilou Lyons | Jun 11, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement with Elizabeth Rice Handford Schatzi: Chicago? A beautiful day? And rain? When I let Schatzi out the other morning, I said, “Schatzi, it’s a beautiful day in Chicago.” My long-haired dachshund looked up in surprise. This was the Carolinas, not...
by Marilou Lyons | Jun 5, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford In the current political campaigns, I’ve heard words that if I’d had the temerity to use at home, my mother would have washed my mouth out with a big bar of lye soap. Of course the candidates of both parties...
