by Marilou Lyons | Dec 9, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford “Nobody wants me,” a distraught woman said to me as she opened the door to me. “God doesn’t even want me.” How deeper could a human being’s despair go? This dear woman had found life intolerable, and thought she’d...
by Marilou Lyons | Dec 6, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Handford A bestseller by Kate Bowler bears the title, “Everything Happens for a Reason: and Other Lies I’ve Loved.” The title and the book imply that Romans 8:28 is a lie, a comforting lie, but still a blatant lie. Romans 8:28...
by Marilou Lyons | Dec 6, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Handford If you ask me for my favorite Scripture, I’d answer that it depends on what I need from God that day. In a time of stress recently, I turned to Isaiah 44 and 45. In that grand passage, the name of an unknown king...
by Marilou Lyons | Dec 2, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford The little boy didn’t believe his father when he said, “This hurts me more than it hurts you,” though his daddy’s eyes were filled with tears. Tommy had stolen some money at school. The principal discovered it, and...
by Marilou Lyons | Dec 2, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Category 3 hurricane Helene was predicted. Urgent warnings of 80 mile-an-hour winds and dangerous flash floods were issued. I did my best to do everything they suggested to prepare. Bread. Milk. Bottled water. Dog...
by Marilou Lyons | Dec 2, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford “It isn’t fair,” the young wife wailed. “He oughtn’t to get by with it.” If you knew the circumstances, you’d agree with her that the thief deserves punishment. An employee of her husband admitted he’d stolen...
