Wash and make yourselves clean.     Take your evil deeds out of my sight;     stop doing wrong. Learn to do right; seek justice.     Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless;     plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:16-17

We wait in hope for the Lord;     he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice,     for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,     even as we put our hope in you. ~ Psalm 33:20-22  

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? ~ Psalm 56:3-4 I read that last sentence "What can mere mortals due to me?" A flood of memories reminds me that they can do plenty... good, bad and ugaleeeeee... Then I am reminded of Matthew 10:28 and gain comfort. "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the…

The righteous choose their friends carefully,     but the way of the wicked leads them astray. ~ Proverbs 12:26

We often want and expect our prayers to be answered immediately. However, answering prayers is complex. You may or may not receive your request, for a number of reasons. It may not come in your expected time frame. The request may not be in alignment with God's will for you. You may not even notice it was answered because it didn't come in a way you expected. Review your life and the times that you didn't receive what you requested, later to recognize that the…

10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? 13 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise…