Author: debanncuster

Suggested listening: May the Words of My Mouth, by Fernando Ortega “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight,O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”~Psalm 19:4~ “Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines,for our vines have tender grapes.”~Song of Solomon 2:15~ I… Continue reading Foxes

Suggested Listening: Center, by Charlie Hall and Matt Redman “And He Himself existed and is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”~Colossians 1:17 AMP~ When I was a newlywed, I felt compelled to fill my days with productivity. An efficiently run day made me feel like I earned an “A” grade. I wouldn’t… Continue reading Center

Suggested listening: Leaning on the Everlasting Arms, https://youtu.be/DObsJ1PSdnQ?si=jglQROcqg8xiMsf_ What have I to dread, what have I to fearLeaning on the everlasting arms?I have blessed peace with my Lord so nearLeaning on the everlasting arms.~E.A. Hoffman~ “Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning.”~Proverbs 14:33~ Repose is a “state of resting” or tranquility, referring to physical… Continue reading Repose

Suggested listening: https://youtu.be/_DzPTHXfFMc?si=agjS0z2DF8kT4M7z “May the road rise up to meet you,May the wind be always at your back.May the sun shine warm upon your face,The rains fall soft upon your fields.And until we meet againMay God hold you in the palm of His hand.” “Only one life. ‘Twill soon be past,Only what’s done for Christ… Continue reading The Irish Blessing

Suggested Listening: Seek Ye First, https://youtu.be/xHfzAJS7IRc?si=19wpciyeuRL4OGrz “Be content with what you have;Rejoice in the way things are.When you realize there is nothing lacking,The whole world belongs to you.”~Lao-Tzu~ “The Lord is my shepherd,I lack nothing.”~Psalm 23:1~ What a comfort to know He is the shepherd of my heart:  I have everything I need in this… Continue reading All These Things

Listening suggestion: Great is Thy Faithfulness, https://youtu.be/NT0HcAr9aeI?si=V_j_bJl0XFQm3blq “Summer and winter and springtime and harvestSun, moon and stars in their courses aboveJoin with all nature in manifold witnessTo Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.”~Thomas O. Chisholm~ “As long as the earth endures,seedtime and harvest,cold and heat,summer and winter,day and night will never cease.”~Genesis 8:22~ Thomas Chisholm,… Continue reading The Rhythm of His Faithfulness

Suggested listening from George Winston, Spring https://youtu.be/eKb3N7KDhFw?si=cV6o0YWJj88ILQuv “And lo, it was April! With the laughter of April rain …the whisper of April rain …the trickle, the sweep, the drive, the lash,the dance, the splash of April rain.”~L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Ingleside, Chapter 15~ “We carry this precious Message around in the unadorned clay pots [pot… Continue reading Pot of Herbs

New Day, by Danny Gokey: https://youtu.be/0TrKXehB0pg?si=JA1Xuh0nK4yKAbDY “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord requireof you?To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”~Micah 6:8~ “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face?”~Joshua 7:10~ Lenten intention is about drawing us cross-ward. Parsing… Continue reading Get Up! Get Going!

Suggested listening: Breathe, https://youtu.be/k8PBakPWph4?si=miXDtYYR3fpV2vNr “Be still,and know that I am God.”~Psalm 46:10~ “Without rest, we respond from a survival mode,where everything we meet assumes a terrifying prominence …where everything seems more urgent than it really is,and we react with sloppy desperation …Sabbath honors the necessary wisdom of dormancy.”~Wayne Muller~ The memories of playing in a… Continue reading Exhale