by Marilou Lyons | Mar 23, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Do you remember, when you were a child, how very long it took for your birthday to come again? Later on in life, I’ve discovered, birthdays seem to come too soon. But it is true: tomorrow will come.And the question...
by Marilou Lyons | Mar 16, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford St. Patrick’s grave at Downpatrick How exciting it is to find out that what you thought was just a pleasant fairy tale about a brave hero turns out to be genuine, satisfying historic truth. That’s what happens when...
by Marilou Lyons | Mar 7, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Handford If you are a mathematician you already know what a mobius strip is. Since I’m not a mathematician, and have no hope of becoming one, the idea of a mobius strip facinates me. Take a strip of paper, hold one end of it,...
by Marilou Lyons | Mar 1, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Years ago my husband and I were walking through the Ford Museum in Dearborn when he stopped me by a huge Farmall F-20 tractor. “There,” Walt said, “that’s the tractor I bought last week. They’ll deliver it next...
by Marilou Lyons | Feb 20, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
We agree. don’t we, that a boss doesn’t hire a salesman because he’s handsome, but because he’s an effective salesman. A mother doesn’t spend her time on making the house pretty so her neighbors will be impressed. Rather she creates a home, a refuge, for her husband...
by Marilou Lyons | Feb 13, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
Your Valentine from the God who loves you dearly Too often our concept of God is that He is an angry, unloving despot leaning over the battlements of Heaven, watching us with an eagle eye, hoping to catch us doing something wrong so He can zap us in glee with a 2 X 4...
