Labor Day Thoughts I’ve heard several ministers say that when you have a problem you should search the Scriptures to find something that applies to your situation. So being without finances and relatives to fall back on, the last time I needed to look for a “permanent”...
Stumbling Blocks of Life
I was recently reminded about another article I was going to write on what I had learned from watching the movie A Beautiful Mind. Go with me to the bar scene in that movie. Nash and his classmates are sitting around a table drinking beer and talking. In walk...
What God Shuts No One Can Open
GOD’S CLOSED DOORS Have you ever heard someone say: “When God closes a door, He opens a window” or some such? I have. And I want to let you know, it ain’t necessarily so. Sometimes God closes every door and window leaving you no escape from your predicament. Some...
Speak a Word
Today I learned that a friend I hadn’t heard from for a while was suffering from a serious condition. And later when I was at church, prayer was made for those suffering from cancer. There seems to be a lot of illness and associated depression that people in my...
Honoring God as Father
© Marsha Williams It is not enough today Nor shall it ever be But let our voices sound aloud In acknowledgment of Thee May Your children bring You glory And all creation sing Your praise With hearts bowed down before You May we honor the Ancient...
REDISCOVERING THE ARK OF THE TESTIMONY AND THE MOST HOLY PLACE
Rediscovering the Ark of the Testimony (Covenant) and the Most Holy Place I discovered something new the other day, but first let me take you back to something old. When God instructed Moses to build the tabernacle in the wilderness, there were two parts to it—The Holy, and in...
A Waltz Divine – The Trinity
© Marsha Williams A Waltz Divine Once upon a time in a far-away land. God, the Father, created a plan. The plan: to send to Earth His Son, The Salvation of man. I’ll call this step one. The Son, our Savior, implemented the plan And came to Earth in...
A Beautiful Mind
Some years ago, I saw the movie A Beautiful Mind starring Russell Crow as Mathematician John Nash. I learned two things from that movie. The first I may perhaps write about later, the second I will write about now. The second thing I learned had to do with Nash’s...
A Prayer Poem For Lent
© Marsha Williams O Lord God look upon Your creation Within these walls and this congregation. You who sit upon the Mercy Seat, You Lord alone, are our great High Priest. You who have said we must confess and repent Grant us, by grace, the will and the...