by Marilou Lyons | Jan 31, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford She’s an old woman now, very old, and cantankerous. She’s a Christian, but unreasonable in her demands. Querulous. Complaining. Ungrateful. Destructive. Causes conflict between family members. Her adult children...
by Marilou Lyons | Jan 23, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford “Daddy, I think God must get very tired of my having to say ‘I’m sorry’ to Him so often,” I said impulsively one summer day when our family was vacationing with my parents. You understand, I was already middle-aged,...
by Marilou Lyons | Jan 17, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford When Albert Einstein was five years old and sick, his father gave him a magnetic compass to play with. He was fascinated. As he watched that needle swing inevitably to the same place no matter where he pointed it,...
by Marilou Lyons | Jan 9, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford In the hysteria of protest marches like “Me first” and “I’m fighting for my rights,” have we lost sight of one law, a principle, given to us by God, that would so wonderfully ease human relationships? That “law” is...
by Marilou Lyons | Jan 5, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford If you pay attention to what’s going on in the world, you know the world is in bad shape. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that tensions between nations all over the world could escalate into unbelievable horror....
