by Marilou Lyons | Jun 1, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford “What if I don’t have enough faith and God gets mad at me?” That was the terrible fear that haunted me as I walked to high school on a bright winter morning. I was 14 years old. I’d grown up in a godly home. My...
by Marilou Lyons | May 25, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford In 1961, the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to travel in space. After the flight, he bragged, “I didn’t see God up there.” Of course he didn’t. He didn’t want to see God. In April...
by Marilou Lyons | May 18, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Handford Love isn’t really love unless it’s unconditional love. Unconditional? Yes, unconditional: there is nothing you can do that will make me love you less. You could call it affection, but not love, if certain things have...
by Marilou Lyons | May 12, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals, Uncategorized
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford You’d have thought the woman’s face was carved in granite, it was such a frozen mask of pain. Her friend had suggested she come to see me, and the first words she said to me when we met were, “Oh, I wish you could...
by Marilou Lyons | Apr 29, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford The little boy was only two years old when his father was killed in a freak automobile accident. So many people—so many!—crowded into his home, and Mother kept crying, and Daddy didn’t come home to take charge...
by Marilou Lyons | Apr 13, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford She was a beautiful, intelligent young woman, whom circumstances had brought us together for a day. I asked her, “Jennifer, has anybody told you how much God loves you and wants to give you all His treasures?”...
