by leedannelly | May 24, 2021 | 2021
When Your Body Is All Worn Out A Gentle Reminder from Elizabeth Rice Handford I have a dear friend who earns her living by cleaning houses and businesses. We don’t see each other very often because of her work schedule. She’s alone in the world and depends...
by leedannelly | May 17, 2021 | 2021
Wasting Time on People? By Whose Standard? A Reminiscence with Elizabeth Handford I found great joy in being a pastor’s wife. How good it was to help people however they needed me, for spiritual counsel or material help. Walt once heard me counseling a new...
by leedannelly | May 10, 2021 | 2021
I Meant to Say, “That Was Just Perfect!” A Plea for Understanding Others from Elizabeth Rice Handford Years ago Walt and I went on a breath-taking tour of Israel. Our bus stopped at a restaurant in Jerusalem for lunch. We were seated at a large table with...
by leedannelly | May 3, 2021 | 2021, Devotionals
Courage: The Most Important Virtue?A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford If ever someone earned the right to talk about courage, surely Maya Angelou did. She endured the kind of heart-wrenching abuse that would have made most of us give up in despair....
by leedannelly | Apr 26, 2021 | 2021, Devotionals
Comfort Food for the Soul A Word of Comfort with Elizabeth Rice Handford Yesterday morning our youngest son lost his precious wife to cancer. No matter how long I have been a Christian, and no matter how sure I am that we will see her again in Heaven, I am grieved by...
by leedannelly | Apr 19, 2021 | 2021, Devotionals
Looking for a Loophole in the Promise You Made? A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Looking for a loophole in the promise you made? You can always find one. A teenager trapped in his automobile after an accident prayed, “God, if you get me out...
