Eternity Etched in Temporal Sands

In celebration of National Poetry Month, I am reposting some poetry. I walk along the ocean shore Footprints formed in the sand Behind me each step is erased As the waves pound the shore . Thousands before me Have walked this very shore Every trace of their steps Washed away by the waves . Ships […]

Prayer Journey — Your Hands

Your hands made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. – Psalm 119:73 (NASB) It is hard to comprehend that you made me dear Lord; that your hands crafted me. It is such a personal thing to consider your hands created me; that you are personally involved in my […]

Prayer Journey — Perfect Hope

I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him. – Ecclesiastes 3:14 (NASB) You dear God are eternal. The works of your hand are perfect. You desire good things for […]

Lord, Help Me to Know the Back of my Hand

Handbreadth: a unit of linear measure from 2½ to 4 inches (6.4 to 10 centimeters). – dictionary.com I was reading Psalm 39:5 and came across the word handbreath. Not exactly a term commonly used today. I checked some other Bible translations to see if they used another word, but the NKJV, ESV and NIV all […]

Prayer Journey — Masterpiece

But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand. – Isaiah 64:8 Your hands, your touch, formed me. You placed your fingers on my life and crafted me. You continue to mold me with your gentle, loving touch. […]

Who Can Save You?

The account of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego in Daniel 3 provides some interesting parallels to our choice of faith in Jesus or eternal death.

#3 Once Upon a Time There Was a Blog

It’s been eleven years since I started this blog. I think there’s a lesson in its history. When I first launched 140 Character Christian in 2010, I didn’t know anything about blogging…

#5 Worn Tent

The older I get, the weaker my body feels. As Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 5:1, our body is an earthly tent while we live in this world. Some days I can feel the worn canvas of my tent; the aged poles holding me up; the loose tent stakes that once secured me to the ground…

#6 Prayer Journey — Gone

I am grateful to you dear Lord for life — her deep faith that laid a solid foundation in my life. I thank you for the time we had over the last few months as she slipped from this life into eternity…

Prayer Journey — Accumulation

Dear Lord, in this life I have accumulated many things. Yet I am reminded this morning of what I have accumulated from you dear God. You nurtured my young faith decades ago, placing it in fertile soil and raising it up with the hands of your faithful. You have given me strength at times when […]