There’s a gaping hole in my sixth grade class picture. That’s because I hated my looks so much that I cut my photo out. In those days, I was a little overweight and had coke-bottle thick glasses. Nowadays, as I age, I occasionally find myself hiding “selfies” from my Facebook timeline or deleting a photo…
“She is clothed with strength and dignity….” (Proverbs 31: 25). Closets. If I had to choose the household chore I detest the most it would be cleaning the bedroom closet. Because our house is on the market, it looks about as good as it’s going to get, but it’s not color coordinated or perfectly organized….
“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies” (Proverbs 31:10). It’s December, 2014 in old town Jerusalem and I am intently listening to a Jewish scholar share his wisdom about Israel. Somehow, the name of my ministry, Pearls of Promise, came up and he said. “You know the…
We challenged our Pearls of Promise blog readers to write a song of praise to God for the New Year and if they did we would share them on the Pearls of Promise website. Barbara Ferguson answered the challenge! Barbara is an author and poet and she shares two songs with us today. LORD, IT’S…
This week my Bible study lesson asked if we’d ever written a song of praise to God and suggested we try it. I have occasionally composed songs, but it had been a long time. I thought, Wouldn’t it be nice if we all started the New Year off by singing our own personal, handwritten song…