Author: Kathy Sheldon Davis
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Hunting for Treasure
Rock hunting outings were a family event for us when we were children, with Dad showing us how to search for the colorful, the crystalized, and the striated treasures on the ground’s surface. Our favorites were the agates we’d hold up to the sun to see how much light could get through, and the humble thunderegg that…
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We’re All Needy – Psalm 14
No one else is like me, I know, but I tend to hold too high an opinion of myself at times. These verses in Psalm 14 set me straight. “The Lord looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. All have turned away, all have become…
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How to Deal with Guilt – Psalm 32
I know what I did was kinda wrong, I feel it in my soul. But hey, it wasn’t that bad. I didn’t hurt anyone. Somehow it’s twisting my perspective and messing with me, but I just have an overactive conscience. Well, everyone gets away with stuff, and I’m much better than so-and-so. Psalm 32 counters that thinking. “I acknowledged my sin…
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Turning Sadness to Praise – Psalm 13
“How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?” (Psalm 13:1-2 ESV). Notice the “how long” question is never answered. I think that’s because what he really wants…
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The Power of God’s Words – Psalm 12
How important is God’s word? I like simple answers best. From Genesis 1 we read he spoke, and it came to be. His words have the power to create fireballs in the sky and cause microorganisms to swim. Minerals and elements, which he spoke into existence, come alive. In the book of John we learn…
