Hi Siestas! I’m writing this while visiting one of my baby grandsons. I have found a whole new level of delight, watching the world unfold before his sweet, young eyes. Whimsy and wonder, sheer gut-wrenching joy in the simplest of new experiences. The giggles, unencumbered, the wide-eyed enchanting outlook on life. He teaches me, he inspires me, and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that one of my main purposes in grandparenting will be sharing our awe in the wonders and majesty of Jesus. Generation after generation. So…
Nancy Mattingly from Houston, Texas
“God is magnificent; He can never be praised enough. There are no boundaries to His greatness. Generation after generation stands in awe…” Psalm 145:3,4 – The Message
I pray that for you and yours as well…total awe at His greatness and goodness. May the simple, profound love of Jesus pour over each of you as you continue to meditate and memorize His perfect Word.
Kay in Muscle Shoals
“Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” Romans 5:2 ESV
Carol Burns from Pflugerville, TX
“For I will restore you to health and I will heal you of your wounds,” declares the Lord, “Because they have called you an outcast, saying: ‘It is Zion; no one cares for her.'”
Jeremiah 30: 17
Whitney from Grovetown, GA, ” Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.” Colossians 3:18-19 (NLT)
Ann Medford, Sunset, TX, If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the utter most parts of the sea, Psalm 139:9 (ESV).
Sadie Keech, Coweta, OK
2 Timothy 2:14 HCSB
“Remind them of these things, charging them before God not to fight about words; this is in no way profitable and leads to the ruin of the hearers.”
Bridget in Phoenix, AZ
Colossians 3:15 NKJV
Bridget in Phoenix AZ
Colossians 3:15 NKJV
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
Nancy Redkey, IN
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal. Isaiah 26:4. NIV
For I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God that brings salvation to every one who believes Romans 1:16
Cathy – Richmond, VA
Before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely, O Lord.
You hem me in behind and before, you laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Psalm 139:4-6 NIV’84
with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. NIV Psalm 103:18
Peggy Welch, Bloomington, IN Psalm 147:11 Amp The Lord takes pleasure in those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy and loving-kindness.
Linda Nelson, Harvest, AL,
John 11:35 NIV
Jesus wept.
Susan, Atlanta, GA
For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, declares the Lord. Isaiah 55:8 ESV
Heather Wilkinson
Springfield, VA
Romans 15:4 (NIV)
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.
The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble,and He knows those who take refuge in Him. Nahum 1:7 (ASV)
Amanda from Cooper, TX
Suddenly their eyes were opened and they recognized him. And at that moment he disappeared. Luke 24:31 NLT
Kelsi from Waco, TX: “I heard and my heart pounded,my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day or calamity to come on the nation invading us.” Habakkuk 3:16 NIV
I learned Psalm 145:1-5 when my first grandchild was born June 2015!
Cheryl from Harleysville PA
To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. Titus 1:15
Vs#19 Sharon, Barrington
“The Spirit of Truth will guide me. He will speak what he hears from God and tell me what is to come.” John 16:13 NLT
Carrie Hart, Byron, GA.
Romans 15:5 NLT – May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus.
Jami Johnson. Tomball HTX.
-If I could count them they are more than the sand. I wake and I’m still with you. Psalm 139:18
But the lord has become my fortress , and my God the rock I’m whom I take refuge. Psalm 94:22
Mary-Katherine Rogers, Palm Coast, FL
“Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4, NIV
Dawn Tolley, Appomattox, VA
“Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth. Meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.”
Joshua 1:8 (NIV)
Carol Pucci
Carthage, NY
~ 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV, emphasis added)
“All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, SO THAT the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
Abbey from Waco, TX
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23 NIV
Angie from Macon, MS
He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters. Psalm 23:2, NIV
Jeanne Adams, Keller TX
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Phil 4:13 NASB
Sharon L., Pasadena, CA, “If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!” Psalm 139:19 (NIV)
Laura Proctor, Madison, MS
Psalm 25:15 NIV
My eyes are ever on the Lord,
for only He will release my feet from the snare.
Nikki Gack, Park Rapids, MN
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
Proverbs 3:5 NIV
James 4:7
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Lacy, Eugene, OR
“ I have seen you in the sanctuary and be held your power and glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. “ Psalm 63:2-3
Patrice, Midland, TX
Exodus 20:1-6 NIV
And God spoke all these words:
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Christy, Karen, Cheryl A Cord of three Strands
Jay, OK
Submit yourselves then to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
James 4:7
he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.
Psalm 107:40 NIV
Judy McCarver Houston, TX
November 1, 2017
Lamentations 3:22 “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.” NIV
Mitzi from Brandon, MS
I praise You because I am fearfully, wonderfully, and remarkably made.
Psalm 139:14 NIV/HCSB
Johnine from Anna, Texas
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope.
Romans 8:20. NIV
Tina Shelton -Richmond, TX
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 NIV
Tammy Shaw Clark MO
Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: Romans 3:10 KJV
Amanda from Cooper, TX
And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say,“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.” James 4:6 NLT
Laura Englewood,Co
My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
James 5:19 NET
Brittany Kay, Port Orange, FL: But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. – James 3:17, ESV
Lorri Sapp, Waco, TX, “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.” Lamentations 3:22 NIV
Cindy
Salt Lake City
2 Corinthians 8:11 NIV
“Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.
Sabrina Kingsland, TX
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
ECC 3:5 eSV
Cathy Morris Sedona, AZ
“I tell you the truth, he said, this poor widow has put in more than all the others.”
Luke 21:3 NIV
Hebrews 12:19New International Version (NIV)
19 to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them