Posts from September 2019

Daily Focus, September 30, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Numbers 20:1 – 21:35 (“And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly…

Daily Focus, September 27, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Numbers 16:1 – 17:13 (“On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore…

The Wild And The Innocent

LightGrams September 26, 2019 Volume 23, Number 31 Credit the unnamed woman with having compassion. While driving down the road she saw an injured bobcat. She stopped, picked up the wounded animal, and placed it inside her SUV. In that same SUV was her child, lovingly strapped into a child seat. Officials from the Colorado…

Daily Focus, September 23, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Numbers 8:1 – 9:23 (“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew…

Daily Focus, September 21, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Numbers 7:1-89 (“And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the…

Sheep Out Of Place

LightGrams September 19, 2019 Volume 23, Number 30 Our son took me on a trip to Colorado last month, my first time to visit that state. Among the amazing sights I saw was a family of bighorn sheep. They blended in well with their background, and were hard to spot. But seeing these animals deftly…

Daily Focus, September 10, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Mark 6:1 – 8:17 (“And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head.  He went and beheaded him in the prison.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “And let our people learn to devote themselves to good…

Calling Upon … Whom?

LightGrams September 5, 2019 Volume 23, Number 29 “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” That’s a line from Shakespeare I can quickly recall. But a story I just came across challenges the idea that names don’t matter so much. In the British Isles,…