Author Archives: Don Schmidt

Happy 71st Birthday Donna!  August & September have such special events to remember and rejoice in.  God has given us such priceless treasures!! Proverbs  5:18, 19  18 Let your fountain [of human life] be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity], and … Continue reading →

Jeremiah 2:5a  This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in me, that they strayed so far from me?” God loves His people and He wants them to love Him.  The second chapter of Jeremiah talks … Continue reading →

James 1:27  Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. Zach & Neva and their two daughters … Continue reading →

Isaiah 6:1-5  1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With … Continue reading →

Psalm 23:4b  I will fear no evil, for you are with me; Wouldn’t it be handy to have a gadget that could measure the fear in our lives just like a thermometer measures body temperature?  Whether we use the thermometer … Continue reading →

Genesis 40:23 – 41:1a  The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him. When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: Change is a fact of life going on around us.  Much of the change might … Continue reading →

1 Peter 4:9, 10  Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.  Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. There is an old story that has a powerful … Continue reading →

Proverbs 25:11  A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Suppose someone gave you a handful of $10 bills that you were to give out during the day to people that you interacted with.  It’s … Continue reading →

Ephesians 3:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Have you ever ran out of water?  If you’ve ever lived in a home that used a well, you might have … Continue reading →

Luke 17:15, 16  One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. These verses are at the heart of … Continue reading →