by Marilou Lyons | Mar 18, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford That the earth has gotten warmer in the last few decades is a fact, though some politicians have tried to exploit the danger for their own profit. Should we Christians be afraid of global warming? What is our...
by Marilou Lyons | Mar 14, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Have you seen the smile on the face of a father when he holds his baby son? . . . the solemn, tender faces of a bride and groom as they vow to love each other “as long as we both shall live”? . . . the grieving,...
by Marilou Lyons | Mar 5, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Handford I was caring for a child whose mother had suddenly abandoned her family. The father was desperately looking for ways to make sure the children were cared for, so that day I watched the 5-year-old while the two older...
by Marilou Lyons | Feb 28, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Sweat trickled down my back as the FAA inspector said to me, “O.K., Mrs. Handford, take us back to Greenville.” I turned the little Cessna 150 southwest back toward home. My flight exam for my private pilot’s...
by Marilou Lyons | Feb 19, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Handford You remember those tedious lists of names scattered through the Bible, don’t you? Somebody “begat” somebody or “was the father of” somebody, or “these of the names of those who—” did something or the other. The two...
by Marilou Lyons | Feb 13, 2024 | 2024, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford After my dear husband Walt graduated from high school, he worked for Boeing Aircraft in Seattle installing electronic equipment in B-17’s and B-29’s during the war. He was just as adept at mechanics and...
