SOUTHERN HILLS

Read: John 9:1-7; John 9:30-38; Ephesians 5:1-11; Colossians 1:13-14   I can only imagine. Many remember that song where the singer tried to picture what heaven might be like. Imagination. What a good way to use this gift. Thinking about the joys that will be ours throughout eternity when we are with Jesus, John 14:1-3; Psalm 16:11.   As wonderful as heaven surely is, today I was walking in my imagination down a different path. Imagining what it might have been like for an un

Read: Isaiah 36-Isaiah 37:13   There are some things that we hear that ought to go in one ear and out the other. I had an experience that reminded me of that the other day. Here is what happened. I wanted to listen to an NFL game on the Echo Dot; so, I asked that Westwood One be opened. The proper protocol for listening. The response was funny but false. I was told that all of the games that were a part of March Madness would be carried on that channel, but there was no broad

Read: Galatians 6:9-10; 1 Corinthians 15:57-58; Hebrews 6:10   Many of us have been praying for holy boldness during these last weeks. A boldness that isn't brash or flashy but is instead beautiful and sincere. This kind of boldness has as many hues as the colors of the changing leaves of fall. There isn't a one size fits all picture of how it looks in any given situation, but when a life displays it , it is beautiful to behold. With that in mind, may we look at three of the

Read: Acts 13:15-52; 2 Corinthians 5:20   Decades ago, my husband met Horatio. Not his name, but I'll call him that since I can't...

Read: Matthew 6:25-34   More about the title later.   I love it that Jesus used simple pictures to teach us about the Father. Even His...

Read: 2 Chronicles 24   Nowadays, stories frequently have alternate endings. Readers are permitted to choose how they want a story to...

Read: Genesis 1:26-27; Proverbs 17:27-28; Proverbs 18:13; Colossians 4:5-6; 2 Timothy 2:22-26   I was doing a bit of weeding this week...

Read: John 1:14; Acts 17:32-34   I was listening to the words of a false teacher. I describe her like that because this unnamed woman was...

Read: Psalm 13:1-6; Exodus 2:23-25; Romans 8:18-25   This week, on August 28, the Sphere in Las Vegas premiered The Wizard of Oz, using...

Read; Matthew 13:24-31; Matthew 13:36-43; John 6:70-71; John 13:10-11; Luke 22:22   When winter gave way to spring this year, I noticed...

Read: Jeremiah 1:1-10; Jeremiah 9:1-2; Luke 23:39-43; Ephesians 2:8-9; 1 Corinthians 15:58   This is the third devotion based on a...

Read: John 4:4-29   I love the stories of changed lives. Stories of how individuals were introduced to Jesus and subsequently began their...

Today, July 26, 2025 would have been mine and Fernando's 45th wedding anniversary. How fitting it is that today, as it was 45 years ago,...

Read: Psalm 139:1-6   Time sensitive material. Open immediately. That was what the piece of mail said, and it was addressed to my...

Read: 2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 3:5-8   Yesterday I went out to check the tomato plants. I was thinking that they might be ready...

Read: Matthew 5:43-45; Acts 14:16-17; Acts 17:26-27   There are so many beautiful facets of the character of God. His ways and works...

Read: 1 Samuel 3:1-18   I love the way God teaches us. Yes, assuredly through His Word as we read it, but also through the minutia of...

Read: Romans 8:31-39   Sometimes a good story can have more than one appropriate lesson. Depending on what the speaker wants to...

Read: Luke 1:5-20; Luke 22:54-61   Does anyone besides me remember looking forward to licking the beaters that had whipped the chocolate...

Read: Proverbs 12:18; Genesis 1:26-27; Psalm 139:13-16; Micah 7:18-19; 2 Corinthians 5:21   There are all kinds of warning signs....