Encouragements From the Piper's Wife

May the grace of Christ our Savior 
and the Father's boundless love,
 with the Holy Spirit's favor, 
rest upon us from above...

A better recommendation would be  the LORD God Almighty. Life, in general, is difficult to say the least.  Add any kind of pressu...

"Good leaders always distinguish themselves by their ability  to skillfully confront troublesome issues and to be decisive.  I...

  --John Newton Though troubles assail us, and dangers affright, Though friends should all fail us, and foes all un...

One of our squirrels lays across his once domain.  I have anthropomorphized him by saying he is lamenting his feeding...

"Some might think God an imaginary being  and ask,  what good is it  to compare ourselves to something made up?  The answer is...

* “Gratitude is the heart's memory.” French Proverb *

*  A sweet friend thought of me with this lovely Blue Bird picture.   We discovered over time that we had similar happy, precious mem...

Wizard of Id *

I usually say this world is terribly fallen because it is, but in reality just saying "this world is fallen" already means it...

OSU in the mid '70s Bell OH-13 Sioux Those were the days! * Proverbs 5 :18b "rejoice in the wife of your youth....

Proverbs 1 :2-7 "To know wisdom and instruction,
 To discern the sayings of understanding,
 To receive instruction in wise b...

ROSE is ROSE * John 15 :4-11 "Abide in Me, and I in you.  As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself  unless it abides in...

"Much of life is shaped by choices we make.  We do not choose what happens to us;  we choose how to react to what happens to us....

* MUTTS

Too hot for Violas in the Midwest this summer.  I thought we could make it without extreme heat, but...

"In evil societies, it is difficult not to participate in evil. Human nature is to go along with the crowd. Hence, the importance of av...

"The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the  sons of men." Psalms 12:8  * "The world is a d...

* John 14 :1 “Do not let your heart be troubled;  believe in God, believe also in Me. Romans 12 :9-18 "Let love be without...

Why should I feel discouraged Why should the shadows come Why should my heart feel lonely And long for heaven and home When Jesus is my ...