by Marilou Lyons | Jul 13, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford You get those calls, too, don’t you?—robocalls with the same dreary recorded messages. It isn’t especially comforting to complain to a recording that you are on the government “Do not call” list, so the call is...
by Marilou Lyons | Jul 6, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford King Hezekiah ruled the nation of Israel at a critical time in their history, in 700 B.C. Though God had rescued the Israelites again and again from invaders, they ignored Him and worshiped the heathen, impotent...
by Marilou Lyons | Jun 29, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford This year the summer solstice began on June 21 at 4:24 am in our time zone in the Northern hemisphere. I have always hoped that I might feel that mysterious, subtle moment when the earth actually tilts back on its...
by Marilou Lyons | Jun 22, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford The Scriptures warn us (as we noted in our last conversation) to remember God in our youth, “before the evil days come” (Ecclesiastes 12:10). I confessed to you that my old age has its severe handicaps. I recently...
by Marilou Lyons | Jun 15, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford “Many people in their 40’s and 50’s regret decisions they made in their 20’s and 30’s,” my pastor Charlie Boyd recently said in a sermon. If that’s true for middle-aged people, and it...
by Marilou Lyons | Jun 8, 2026 | 2026, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford It was a long, exhausting 3-day trip of 2,200 miles—that drive Walt and I made every year from Chicago to Seattle to visit his parents. In the 1950’s there were no interstates, and the roads were cluttered...
