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“Now” Is Better Than “Back Then”
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford When you are talking to me, don’t wistfully long for the “good old days.” I was born in 1927, the week Charles Lindberg flew the Atlantic alone in his fragile “Spirit of St. Louis.” I know all about the good old...
“It’s An Honor to Serve You”
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Our fifteen-year-old grandson is loving his new job at a fast-food restaurant. His Christian employers have given him his first priority: “Make your customer feel valued.” It’s easy, perhaps, to do that, if you’re...
Loving the Lord your God with All Your Strength
The Gospel of Luke chapter eleven tells us of a lawyer who was trying to discredit the Lord Jesus, so he asked, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" (Luke 11:25). Jesus responded, “What is written in the law?” “You shall love the LORD your God with all...
A Wonderful—But Really True—Paradox
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Were you mystified as a child when you first heard Stephen Foster’s song, “Oh! Susanna, Don’t You Cry for Me”? Was it silly or supposed to be funny? What in the world did it really mean? “It rained all night the day...
“Swift to Hear, Slow to Speak”—Really?
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Recently a friend whom I hadn’t seen for a while dropped by to see me. Her heart seemed full, and so I mostly drank coffee and listened as she talked of many different things. But as she talked, it seemed as if...
