Nehemiah 8:10 …the joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemias 8:10 …el gozo de Jehová es vuestra fuerza Gozo is the Spanish word for joy. I don’t know why, but gozo seems to be such a much richer word than joy. I have a friend whose sister’s name was Joy. We called her Gozo because we were both learning Spanish at the same time, […]
Daily Gleanings
Encourage
Encourage – to give courage. We as Christians are here to encourage one another. We live in scary times, we can use all the courage we can get. My pastor is down here from Burton Ohio. What an encouragement. When someone is tired, they become Discouraged. Cowardice soon follows. Their effectiveness and personal walk is affected. When they are Encouraged they are […]
Callate
Ecclesiastes 3:7 a time to be silent and a time to speak Cállate is Spanish for ‘shut up’. It’s ok to say it in Spanish, but not in English. Different countries and languages place emphasis on different words. For example, in English, we can say the word ‘stupid’ all day long without problems. In Spanish, however, you are likely to get […]
Midlife
Proverbs 16:31 Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness. I am bald, not gray, but the same thing. Aging is all about self image and perception. Gray hair is nothing to be ashamed of. Baldness is painless. A wig or dyed hair is expensive, inconvenient, and doesn’t deceive anyone. Embrace your age! I personally […]
Paperboy
Proverbs 25:25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. This is the week of the annual fair back in my home town. Hearing favorable reports about it on social media brings back a lot of good memories. The Geauga County Fair has always been good for the whole town. Everyone anxiously waits for the fair every year. It’s a great […]
Understand
Matthew 15:10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them Hear, and understand. Jesus tells us to ‘understand’ even though that He knows that we don’t always. He tells us to understand knowing that there is a possibility that we don’t. Even when He was here in the physical, explaining things lovingly and patiently, people […]
Juan Garcia
We met Juan Garcia in a nursing home in Rivas, Nicaragua. He doesn’t know how old he is, nor how long he has been in the old folks home. He doesn’t even know what religion is. But he does know that he loves Jesus. Watch this cute video of him enjoying life.
REST
REST Genesis 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. God’s work was done so He rested. BECAUSE HIS WORK WAS DONE. People in general LOVE a day off. I have some questions though. For […]
depressed
depressed I go through my rumbo and develop the word of the day. I seek the key word in the concordance, and write, Like FUN, there is no word for today in the Bible either. ‘DEPRESSED’ David, Jonah, and many more people in the Bible went through depression. Jesus Himself was called a […]
Poor
Poor Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the Poor. Jesus said that the poor are blessed. He told us to feed them and to love them. He also said the poor will always be with us. We are to minister to the poor. Winnie and I have been working directly with the poor for the last 3 […]