Devotionals
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Our Hearts Hunger for Someone to Care
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford “Dr. Handford! Wait up!” a woman called, as Walt and I were walking out of a doctor’s office. “I’m so glad to see you,” she said. “For thirty years I’ve wanted to tell you how much it meant to me when you...
Be Kinder; Let Them Find Their Own Truth?
By Elizabeth Rice Handford “Let’s be kinder,” a blogger recently burbled. “Let’s love each other more.” Oh, how right she is! This poor old world desperately needs to see us Christians loving others, caring for the poor, compassionately watching for ways to help...
Is There Going to Be War?
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford On a Sunday afternoon, when I was 14 years old, I was at my Sunday school teacher’s home, practicing for a Christmas program. She suddenly burst into the room, her voice shaking. “Girls,” she cried, “run home just...
Self-Validation—But at Someone Else’s Expense?
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford “I need self-validation*,” a woman said to her friend. “I’m going to confront my mother today.” “What in the world is self-validation?” the friend asked naively. Incredulous, the woman said, “You haven’t heard about...
Look Down That Lonesome Road Before You Travel On
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford “Look down, look down that lonesome road before you travel on, Look up, look up and seek your Maker before Gabriel blows his horn.” ---Gene Austin © 1928 Gene Austin’s plaintive song was...
