Happy New Year!

Dear Friends,
The biography of Frances Ridley Havergal (1836 to 1879) is, to me, a most fascinating one.  She was the youngest daughter of a family of six.  Her father was a Rector in the Church of England in Worcestershire.  Her mother died when she was almost twelve.  Her mother’s last words to her affected her [...]

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His Unspeakable Gift

  ”Unto us a child is born;  unto us a Son is given…”  (Isa. 9:6)
“Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.”  (2 Cor. 9:15)
What was that gift which the Apostle could describe with such a supremely superlative adjective?  It was none other than our Lord Jesus Christ.  John tells us that “God so loved the [...]

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Make Love Your Aim

Dear Ones,
To return again to the thought of our protective panoply, I’d like to repeat the closing verse of my second last letter:
“…Let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of FAITH and LOVE,” (protecting the lungs and heart) “and for an helmet, the HOPE of salvation.” (protecting the mind)  [...]

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Treasuries of the Snow

Hello, again!
Since writing the original of this letter nearly four years ago, we have made some major changes.  We no longer have to concern ourselves with keeping passable the winding, hilly driveway.  Our younger folk take care of that.  However, with our new mobile home, with three entries, we now have three decks, five sets [...]

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Check Your Panoply

Dear Friends,
Following last week’s letter about our sure Defense, my thoughts turned to the passage in Ephesians 6 where we are admonished to “be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.  Put on the whole (complete) armor of God, that you may be able to stand in the evil day, and [...]

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