SOUTHERN HILLS

Read: Romans 5:6-11; Luke 23:34 When we moved into our home, there was a yucca plant right by the outdoor faucet. The sweet people from whom we bought the ho...

Read: 1 Kings 16:28-33; Matthew 15:21-28 Quick. What picture comes to mind when you hear the word princess? I think of a gracious lady who acts with dignity ...

Read: 1 Samuel 25:1-13, 21-22, 32-35 This week, my husband and I ordered an item on-line. There were some initial glitches in the process, but I was confiden...

Read: Philippians 3:3-9; James 1:22-25; Philippians 2:12-13 The other day, we were filling out a form. It was one of those types that can be used for more th...

Read: Psalm 34:8; 2 Kings 5:1-3; John 1:45-50; John 4:28-30; John 4:39-42 This week, my husband took the coverings off the rosebushes. It's officially spring...

Read: 1 Thessalonians 5:17; 1 Timothy 2:1; Ephesians 6:18-19 I have said it more times than I can count, and it is true. “There is nothing greater that I can...

Read: Job 9:1-11; Job 9:32-35 A few weeks ago, I talked with my best high school friend who now lives in South Carolina. It was so good to hear her voice and...

Read: 1 Corinthians 3:5-15 Last Sunday, my husband and I watched "Hidden Figures", a movie about some very important Black women. One of these ladies who for...

Read: 1 Kings 19:1-18 They're really fun to discuss, and almost every family has them. Yes, sometimes the details are exaggerated as the years go on. I'm tal...

Read: John 3:1-16; Romans 5:6-11 I wonder how many people are singing the Happy Birthday song or the alphabet ditty while hand washing to guard against the c...

Read: Psalm 13:1-6; Acts 1:6-11 At the time of the writing of this devotion, the coronavirus has spread into every state except West Virginia. Sadly, there a...

Read: Daniel 1:1-8; Philippians 2:12-13; Galatians 5:16-26 Have you ever had a phrase from a commercial or the catchy lyric from a song continue to bounce to...

Read Hebrews 4:14-16 We have, once again, entered into the weeks just prior to Easter. Maybe that is why I am pondering how I might tell someone about Jesus'...

Read: Psalm 103:1-14 I was flipping through the TV channels. I wanted to avoid some of the news, but when the teaser promoted a story concerning a little boy...

Read: Acts 12:1-11 We have a Honey Crisp apple tree in the backyard. Well over a year ago, we noticed that it was growing crooked. To remedy this problem, my...

Read: Exodus 3-4; 2 Corinthians 4:6-10 I have two sets of measuring cups. That's convenient because I have been known to abandon one of the cups in the flour...

Read: Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 6:7-8; Matthew 7:9-10; James 1:17 In the past, we have ordered one or two things on line to be picked up at a store, but a few w...

Read: 1 Samuel 12:1-25 There are many beautiful truths those of us who belong to Jesus embrace. Words like justification, sanctification and glorification ar...

Read: Romans 3:9-20; Romans 5:6-11 I was talking with a friend this week concerning the fact that neither of us enjoys fiction books that have endings we don...

Read: Joshua 14:1-15 A gap year, like anything else, can be a fruitful growing time or simply be a delaying of the next steps of life. Either the graduate gr...