Author Archives: lsimonds

“Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes, for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.” Proverbs 3:25-26 This month’s LOG came to me … Continue reading →

“Why is Your apparel red, and Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?” Isaiah 63:2 My mother’s generation was really good at getting stains out of clothing. Everything was less disposable then – clothes needed to last – … Continue reading →

“It is the Spirit Who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and they are life.” John 6:63 John Steinbeck is credited with having said words take on flavors and aromas like … Continue reading →

“Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7 Amplified Bible This is a luxurious (for me) post in … Continue reading →

“You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump.” Galatians 5:7-9 Irwin Shaw gave an interview to the Paris Review in 1953 … Continue reading →

“This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.” John 6:39 About a year and a half ago, against … Continue reading →

“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; do not spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes. For you shall expand to the right and to the left, and your descendants … Continue reading →

“Then he said to me, “Write: Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God!” And I fell at his feet to worship him. … Continue reading →

“So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun; when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against … Continue reading →

“Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. ‘The LORD is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘Therefore I hope in Him!’” Lamentations 3:22-24 This from Lynne … Continue reading →

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV I was a young woman when I … Continue reading →

“As for man, his days are like grass; as the flower of the field, so he flourishes. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. But the mercy of the Lord … Continue reading →