Devotionals

 A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford A woman, a dear friend of mine, had longed for a new little Shih Tsu.  A breeder she’d worked with before had just the one she wanted.  Her husband had some reservations: if you have a dog you always have to make...

A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Son John had a brand new moped, and this middle-aged mother thought I’d take it for a spin around the church parking lot behind our home.  I had a wonderful time, for a while, pretending like I was a teenager again,...

   A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford When I was a child, I had a dream so vivid and so frightening that in the middle of the night I ran to my parents’ bedroom and woke Daddy up.  It really was a bad dream; I can still describe it to you in...

  A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Walt and I once ran into an old college mate on the streets of our home town.  We’d been acquaintances on campus, but hadn’t seen each other for years.  At our chance encounter, the man exuded prosperity, from his...

A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford  My sister Grace once ordered business envelopes for our father’s publishing company. The salesman for the printing company phoned me.  “Want to check on this order for me?  It seems a little...