encouragement – 300 words a day

Delighting in the law.

“But what can I do instead?” I’d been talking to Tim about his grandmother’s words to him. She’s started every year with the same bit of counsel. Time smiled. “I’d ask her the same thing. ‘But what should I do instead?’ And she’d say, ‘learn God’s law.’ She’d see the look on my face.” Tim […]

Like acid in a cut.

We’re struggling with some serious illness in our extended family. Hope was talking about it with a friend the other day. “It will be okay,” he said. “No it won’t,” she said. People will die. In the process they will hurt. Their minds will not work right. And other people will get hurt. That’s why I […]

Say good things

Solomon was about to build a temple. He knew that he needed help. His neighbor, King Hiram of Tyre, had cedar trees and expert manpower that Solomon required to build the temple. Solomon asked Hiram if he could send some help with this compliment: “As you know, there is no one among us who can […]