Ever-Increasing Light A Messianic Daily Devotional “The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, that grows brighter and brighter until the full day: (Proverbs 4:18 NIV). Because I am fascinated with people, I read many blogs each day. The common thread among them is the darkness and uncertainty many feel about life….
Seeking the Fountain of Life
“For with you is the fountain of life, in your light we see light” (Psalm 36:9 NIV). Great explorers worldwide have searched for the “fountain of youth.” They should have been looking for the Light of the World. In that luminous discovery, they would have found the illusive “fountain of life” that goes way beyond…
Radiance and Beauty
Every-Increasing Light A Messianic Daily Devotional “Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame” Psalm 34:5 NIV. Most artists will tell you that light depicted in art is more important than the subject. The artist’s ability to transfer the reality of illumination onto the canvas is what makes artistic…
Winter’s Bars
Ever-Increasing Light A Messianic Daily Devotional “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope” Jeremiah 29:11 NAS. Whatever delays, disappointments, setbacks, or heartaches are chaffing your soul raw today, they will not hold back the overwhelming blessings,…
Ancient Colors
Lamb’s wool -cleaned, carded, and spun into balls of industry and artistry – are soaked with color so ancient that the hues are embedded in the rock-hard strata of earth’s foundation – blue, scarlet, and purple. The aura so eternal that the Creator spoke their rich pigmentation into existence with a thought and a breath….
Silver-Gilded Waves
When you are seeking to step into the deep end of the pool where silence reigns, the same rules apply for adults and children. Don’t hold your breath, grimace, or freeze all movement. Just relax and breathe. In and out. Slow and deep. Let the silver-gilded, healing waves roll over you until the outside din…
The River Banks of Tomorrow
I’m passing by car the miles of Ireland and Scotland, and a million dewy green grass blades and pink sea flowers blur with speed. But strangely, the narrow roads, lined with old stony fences, magnify as we pass. I’m lost in the thoughts of tomorrow’s transition, contemplating if the banks of the river, that held…
The Slice That Cuts
The Slice that Cuts Once you grasp the fleetingness of life — and it dawns on you in tiny increments as you grow — you are always savoring the sweetness of living and vitality of those living around you, family and friends who join your journey and increase its treasure. Yet on some indefinable level…
Threes, Fours, and Thousands
Threes, Fours, and Thousands If eternity is discovered in multiples of threes and the perishing in multiples of fours, then some things will remain and others will burn. The triune God revealed in the one form of Jesus is the foundation of all that is unchangeable and built upon a seven-branched candelabra, the 12 tribes,…
Resisting Ceremony
Resisting Ceremony There is something in the conceit of youthfulness that resists ceremony. Maybe I am a middle-aged woman who still dresses up for church, remembers the Pilgrims on Thanksgiving Day, recites the pledge of allegiance to my country with joy and pride and thinks that formal observance transcends post-modern culture. I am a one who…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 