Author: johnmulder10

Morning, Noon & Night

Morning, noon, and night I cry out in my distress, and the LORD hears my voice Psalm 55:17 (NLT) I have been using YouVersion’s Bible App as part of my morning routine since 2019.  Recently, the app suggested following 24-7 Prayer, and an evening prayer would be added to my home page.  It is a… Continue reading Morning, Noon & Night

Picking up sticks, love, & grief

(a reminder – I write in part to process the emotions and thoughts I have about various things or situations in my life and I share them with you in hopes that I can shine maybe a little light in a dark world, and that you might somehow be blessed by my words.) In his… Continue reading Picking up sticks, love, & grief

Come thou Fount of every blessing

Yesterday (November 4) was an anniversary of sorts for our family. It was the anniversary of the baptism of two of our children but in two different years. (2007 and 2011). The song, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing holds a special place in our family. In January, 1996, I left Minneapolis when the temperature… Continue reading Come thou Fount of every blessing

A Calvinist’s Choice

But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 I… Continue reading A Calvinist’s Choice

Sitting in the Dust

When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.  When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep… Continue reading Sitting in the Dust