by wordsfortheday | Mar 27, 2023 | Holy Spirit, Tornado
Anyone who reads the news knows that Mississippi had devastating tornadoes that left a path of destruction 100 miles long on Friday. One tornado left a one-mile-wide path and was designated and F4 (out of F5). I was told by a neighbor that the huge tornado that...
by wordsfortheday | Mar 24, 2023 | Holy Spirit, Pain
In July 2000, I posted this reader submission: I asked God to take away my pain. God said, No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up. I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. God said, No. Her spirit was whole, her body was only temporary. I...
by wordsfortheday | Mar 23, 2023 | Holy Spirit, Partiality
A reader sent me the following: Rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina often caused residents to be challenged to prove home titles back hundreds of years. That is because of community history stretching back over two centuries during which houses were passed along...
by wordsfortheday | Mar 22, 2023 | Compassion, Holy Spirit
I recently held a conversation with someone I have known all my life. The subject of compassion came up and he expressed to me that he wished that he could have had compassion for others in his life. His lifetime is nearly gone, and now he is a sickly old man. On the...
by wordsfortheday | Mar 21, 2023 | Forgiveness, Holy Spirit
My beloved brother Jim tragically took his own life several years ago, but it seems like only yesterday to me and it still grieves me and leaves me with a broken heart even today. I was going through his Bible this morning and reading his hand-written notes and saw...
