Posts from May 2020

Spotting The Beauty

LightGrams May 28, 2020 Volume 24, Number 18 I purchased my first digital camera in 2005. It was a compact Canon model, archaic by today’s standards, but it served me well for a few years. When I combined it with my love for roaming through the woods, it opened my eyes to things I’d never…

Daily Focus, May 28, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 2 Kings 5:1 – 6:33 (“Then Elisha prayed and said, ‘O Lord, please open the eyes of the young man that he may see.’  So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and behold, the mountain was…

Daily Focus, May 27, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 2 Kings 3:1 – 4:44 (“And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “So then, brothers, stand firm and…

Daily Focus, May 26, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 2 Kings 1:1 – 2:25 (“And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.”) This Week’s Memory Verse:…

Daily Focus, May 25, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 1 Kings 21:1 – 22:53 (“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son’s days I will bring…

Daily Focus, May 23, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 1 Kings 19:1 – 20:43 (“He said, ‘I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts.  For the people of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword,…

Ultimate Distancing

LightGrams May 7, 2020 Volume 24, Number 17 There’s an interesting story about Fish Tales Bar & Grill in Ocean City, Maryland. Restaurants in that state are just beginning to open up to on-site business, but they must agree to have customers observe the social distancing standards. That means people must be six feet apart.…

Daily Focus, May 20, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 1 Kings 13:1 – 14:31 (“And the king said to the man of the Lord, ‘Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.’ And the man…

Daily Focus, May 16, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 1 Kings 8:1-66 (“Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep.  So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Charm is deceitful, and…

Daily Focus, May 15, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: 1 Kings 6:1 – 7:51 (“His own house where he was to dwell, in the other court back of the hall, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter whom he had…