by Gerry Blumberg | Jan 12, 2020 | Flashlight
The Lord is my shepherd; I have everything I need. Psalm 23:1 (NCV) I did a really dumb thing. My iMac has been running slow so I decided to fix it. Mark had an app that he uses on his computer and recommended it for me to try. The computer is six years old so I...
by Gerry Blumberg | Jan 5, 2020 | Flashlight
The desert and dry land will become happy; the desert will be glad and will produce flowers. Like a flower, it will have many blooms. It will show its happiness, as if it were shouting with joy. It will be beautiful like the forest of Lebanon, as beautiful...
by Gerry Blumberg | Dec 23, 2019 | Flashlight
I came to give life–life in all its fullness. John 10:10 (NCV) The doorbell rings and Rusty races to the door, barking up a storm. When I open the door, a box is waiting for me on the doorstep. Christmas is coming. But if you’re like me, the doorbell...
by Gerry Blumberg | Dec 2, 2019 | Flashlight
“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked. Mark 10:51 (NLT) Picture the scene…Santa, jolly and round, sitting in a big overstuffed chair in a department store filled with shoppers and children. The line snakes around the tree with little ones, eyes big,...
by Gerry Blumberg | Nov 27, 2019 | Flashlight
A favorite author, Jill Briscoe, wrote this Thanksgiving prayer that I’d like to share with you. May your Thanksgiving day be filled with love, family, friends, and thankfulness. “As we embark on this week of Thanksgiving there are so many things to...
by Gerry Blumberg | Nov 16, 2019 | Flashlight
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. Genesis 2:2-3 (NIV) I have...
by Gerry Blumberg | Nov 10, 2019 | Flashlight
Or suppose I were to pour out my fury by sending an epidemic into the land, and the disease killed people and animals alike. As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, they wouldn’t be able to save their own sons or...
by Gerry Blumberg | Nov 1, 2019 | Flashlight
So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.This hope is a strong and...
by Gerry Blumberg | Oct 26, 2019 | Flashlight
Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness. Isaiah 43:19 (NET) My blog, Flashlight, began 13 years ago, just before we moved to Arizona. At the time, I...
by Gerry Blumberg | Sep 18, 2019 | Flashlight
The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the LORD holds them by the hand.Psalm 37:23-24 (NLT) When you think about significant moments in your life, the first thing that pops...
