Devotionals
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What Are a Few Zeros More or Less?
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...
Don’t Become a Writer Unless—
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford There’s a serious drawback to speaking your mind, whether using a podium or a word processor or social media. One fine day, someone is going to quote back to you what you said and hold you accountable for saying it....
Five Darling, Cuddly—and Deadly!—Baby Mice
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford My mother was in the attic sorting out boxes, when her expression suddenly became grave. I looked into the box and saw five darling baby mice nestled together. I was charmed. (I was only four years old, and...
What Should You Do with Your Own High Expectations?
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford This week I read a quotation from Helen Keller, the remarkable woman born blind and deaf, who used her life so gloriously for good. She wrote something remarkable for a blind woman to say: “The loss of sight is...
Why Would God Give an 83-Year-Old Woman Cancer?
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford All of her friends were upset when our dear friend told us she’d been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and faced immediate surgery. She’s old (by our reckoning), lives alone, has rather meager resources...
