Septiembre 20
As years pass, there is a lot of fanfare with the passing of seasons, and new year celebrations. Calendars change. Time rolls on – from when no one really knows. One thing, however, has been constant for me – people! My life in the Lord began in Houston Cumberland Presbyterian Church fifty years ago in […]
Septiembre 19
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” I often think about the second part of this […]
Septiembre 18
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear […]
Septiembre 17
“How long, O Lord? Will you forget me for ever?How long will you hide your face from me?” Maker of the stars of night; spread your love, send your light; turn my night to day Help me through my doubt and fear; let me feel your presence near; I have lost my way How long […]
Septiembre 16
(The call of Abram and the ancestral sagas) Now the Lord said to Abram, Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house to the land which I will show you. . . God calls each of us as he called the people of Israel. We, too, are to be […]
Septiembre 15
“So give yourselves humbly to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. And when you draw close to God, God will draw close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and let your hearts be filled with God alone to make them pure and true to him.” Being humble at all times […]
Abril 26
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.” After an […]
Septiembre 14
“Let the giving of your thanks be your sacrifice to God. . .” I thank God for Christian parents whose solicitude and prayer have followed me all the days of my life… for the spark of divinity in my soul that teaches me that it was not made for meanness and constantly urges me upward […]
Septiembre 13
“Arise, cry out in the night as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children who faint from hunger at the head of every street.” When I was in high school at Great […]
Septiembre 12
“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see Your good works and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.” Being a Christian in this time is very difficult, or maybe it is just for me trying to be a Christian. Could it be that it has been and always […]