Mom means more to me than I can express. Below are more life-giving words from her. These aren’t empty words; they’ve been lived, and they’ve formed Mom’s character.


I had to tell you girls what I found this morning. In Psalm 50 God is saying that He doesn’t rebuke us for our sacrifices; they are ever before Him. But He doesn’t need them at all, because the world is His, and everything in it. The cattle on a thousand hills, every bird in the mountains. So what does He want?


Psalm 50

He who sacrifices thank offerings honors Me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God.




Our thanks is what isn’t already His until we give it to Him. And sometimes thanking Him for something IS a sacrifice.

I Thess 5:18
Give thanks in all circumstances.

But right now I’m just praying that in my everyday life, my eyes will be open to what is around me, so that I will live with an attitude of thankfulness. And in some way sacrificing thank offerings prepares the way for God to show us His salvation? Wow. I don’t even really understand that, but again, we do, and then we understand!

Love you all! Mom


For extra credit. A few days later, Mom sent this:

Look at Psalm 63! Read verses 1-8 with your focus on God. See the emphasis on You and Your, all pointing to Him? There are 18 in those 8 verses.