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....
by Marilou Lyons | Dec 26, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Christmas 2023 isn’t really over. True, it sure seems like it should be over, with bills to pay, the Christmas tree to dismantle, goodbyes to loved ones said, and clutter to clean up. It looks like Christmas is...
by Marilou Lyons | Dec 18, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
Thinking about Christmas with Elizabeth Rice Handford If ever a woman needed the protection and love of a steadfast husband, surely it was Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus. The story is so familiar, it would be easy to overlook the really frightening aspects of her...
by Marilou Lyons | Dec 12, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Christmas Meditation with Elizabeth Rice Handford It was late October, and I was delighted to read that the Orionid meteor shower would be visible again in the Carolina sky that night, with perhaps as many as 20 “falling stars” an hour. I got up in the middle of the...
