by Gerry Blumberg | Apr 26, 2010 | Flashlight
It is like a tiny mustard seed that a man planted in a garden; it grows and becomes a tree, and the birds make nests in its branches. Luke 13: 19 (NLT) I have a couple of devotionals that I like to read by Sarah Young. They are short but always seem to hit the mark...
by Gerry Blumberg | Apr 23, 2010 | Flashlight
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 (NIV) Good news—the kids have a place to live. Although at times it felt like God was silent as we prayed for this particular need, He was working in the...
by Gerry Blumberg | Apr 17, 2010 | Flashlight
But if we look forward to something we don’t have yet, we must wait patiently and confidently. Romans 8:25 (NLT) The last two weeks have been BUSY. We drove to California the day after Easter to help our kids pack up their home and place it all in storage....
by Gerry Blumberg | Mar 25, 2010 | Flashlight
And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. Philippians 1:6 (NLT) I’m down to the final lesson in Jesus, the One and Only—a study of the Gospel of Luke...
by Gerry Blumberg | Mar 9, 2010 | Flashlight
I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along. He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of...
by Gerry Blumberg | Mar 3, 2010 | Flashlight
A good man leaves an inheritance [of moral stability and goodness] to his children’s children. Proverbs 13:22 (Amplified Bible) Oh, the excitement of a ten year old. Kate, as my oldest granddaughter, knew the meaning of undivided attention as a little one, but...
by Gerry Blumberg | Feb 23, 2010 | Flashlight
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23-24 (NIV) I was taken by surprise when I exited...
by Gerry Blumberg | Feb 17, 2010 | Flashlight
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by...
by Gerry Blumberg | Feb 7, 2010 | Flashlight
God gives, God takes. God’s name be ever blessed. Job 1:21 (The Message) There are times when I want to ask God, “When is enough, enough?” I received an email from my daughter that a very good friend, the principal of my grandgirlies school, suffered...
by Gerry Blumberg | Jan 27, 2010 | Flashlight
Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective....
