Lisa Livezey

If they fall, they will not stay down, because the LORD will help them up. - Psalm 37:24 (GNT) Sometimes a child trips and falls down...

Look up to the skies and see. (Job 35:5 NAB) Copper steeple. Rusted steeple. Classic steeple. Clock steeple. Short steeple. Stone...

Thy pipes were prepared in the day that thou wast created. – Ezekiel 28:13 (DRB) View here one section of a huge pipe organ's inner...

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. - Colossians 3:2 (RSV) When contemplating the heavens, we...

He was small of stature. - Luke 19:3 RSV We need not be big, nor mighty, nor perfect to make a unique difference in this world. We need...

Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for in thee have I hoped. Make the way known to me, wherein I should walk: for I have lifted...

Show me a sign that it is you who speak with me. - Judges 6:17 (NRSV) Lord, help me to hear and apply the messages you have for me. "Now...

Then a poor widow came along and dropped in two little copper coins, worth about a penny. He called his disciples together and said to...

How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? (Psalm 13:1 NRSV) Empty stable. Empty heart. Is...

He has made everything beautiful in its time. (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NRSV) I'm receiving compliments on this homemade seasonal arrangement...

The burden bearers carried their loads in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and with the other held a weapon. ...

By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us. - Luke 1:78 (NRSV) A tranquil dawn with glowing sky gives no...

For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. (Matthew 5:45 RSV) Life is a...

So I will bless thee as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on thy name. - Psalm 63:4 I lift up my hands in wonder, trying...

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. - 2 Corinthians 13:14...

The human heart plans the way, but the LORD directs the steps. — Proverbs 16:9 (NAB) (photo: Lisa Livezey; "Fallen Hive") Planning, planning, busy building. We work hard. We build a house, decorate, live. And the seasons turn. Suddenly it seems that our hard work has fallen to the ground. Pause, step back. The past was indeed a productive season. Now it is a new season. Trust the Lord to direct your current steps. Help me to remember, Lord, that the seasons of life include a

Then an argument broke out among them about which of them should be regarded as the greatest. - Luke 22:24 (NAB) Three trees - similar in...

The LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him! - Habakkuk 2:20 (NRSV) I sit in a magnificent basilica where...

So he got up and went back to his father. While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with...

But you have kept the best wine until now!" - John 2:10 (GNT) Does life seem like it is just barreling along with no clear goal? Surely...