by Gerry Blumberg | Mar 15, 2021 | Flashlight
In 1986, my daughter began attending the local public high school. She had spent her elementary and junior high school years in a nearby Christian school. We felt that she was mature and ready for an entry into public education. We would be there to support her and...
by Gerry Blumberg | Mar 8, 2021 | Flashlight
We were saved to have this hope. If we can see what we are waiting for, that is not really hope. People don’t hope for something they already have. But we are hoping for something we don’t have yet, and we are waiting for it patiently. Romans 8:24-25 (ERV) I was...
by Gerry Blumberg | Feb 19, 2021 | Flashlight
As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. Psalm 71:14 (NIV) The year 2021 started off with anticipation that the lockdown and isolation would begin to let up as the vaccines became available. With a year of our lives devoted to fighting to...
by Gerry Blumberg | Feb 4, 2021 | Flashlight
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you. Psalm 32:8 (WEB) I remember telling my little ones as they toddled around the house, to pay attention to the rules because I had my eye on them. And there was the...
by Gerry Blumberg | Jan 26, 2021 | Flashlight
Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. I Corinthians...
by Gerry Blumberg | Jan 11, 2021 | Flashlight
You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:11 (NIV) For several years I have chosen a word for the year. Many have come out of desperation such as...
by Gerry Blumberg | Dec 31, 2020 | Flashlight
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by Gerry Blumberg | Dec 31, 2020 | Flashlight
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. Psalm 143:8 (NET) I’ve struggled to write this end-of-year blog. In fact, I’ve written it a couple of...
by Gerry Blumberg | Dec 10, 2020 | Flashlight
Do not be afraid—I am with you! I am your God—let nothing terrify you! I will make you strong and help you; I will protect you and save you. Isaiah 41:10 (GNT) According to Mr. Google, the Bible records the words, “Fear not,” 365 times. I’m...
by Gerry Blumberg | Dec 9, 2020 | Flashlight
I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world. John 16:33 (NLT) I love musicals and one of my favorites is “Fiddler on the Roof.” I can...
