Author Archives: Leila Peters

Psalm 17:8  Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings 9 from the wicked who are out to destroy me, from my mortal enemies who surround me  “Petr Novák, Wikipedia”- Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=441286 The apple of the eye commonly refers to the pupil, the black hole inContinueContinue reading “Lent Day 10: Serving as The Apple of God’s Eye”

Aah!  Body armors seem to be the talk of the town these days. There is a blockbuster movie currently showing that is getting most people excited. As with all feel-good movies, good eventually triumphs over evil; and although the body armors of both the hero and villain are made of the same element, the sincerityContinueContinue reading “Lent Day 9: Truth be Told…”

Imagine a scenario in a courtroom with CCTV cameras where a repeat offender is awaiting his sentence for grand larceny. The judge scheduled to pronounce his sentence is a renowned, fair but unconventional judge who has a reputation for surprising participants in her courtroom. Just yesterday, she gave a murderer an unusually light sentence becauseContinueContinue reading “Lent Day 8 ; Lord, Melt my Defiant Heart!”

“Someday, you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t  you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God” – Billy Graham. “My home is in heaven. I’m just traveling throughContinueContinue reading “Lent Day 7: A Servant of God Goes Home”

Suppose Mr. X worked for the largest multi-national corporation in the world and one day received a message from the upper echelons that he would be transferred to Japan  in 15 months to go head the company there. Now, say this is the dream offer he had patiently been waiting for. The only caveat isContinueContinue reading “Day 6 – Thy Kingdom Come…….”

It is the season of lent, and most traditional Christians are called to a closer communion with God by prayer, fasting and alms-giving.  However, we are also encouraged to embark on personal fasts outside of lent as our circumstances allow, in petition for ourselves and our loved ones, and to seek Godly direction as and when necessary.ContinueContinue reading “Lent Day 5-The Inconvenient Fast.”

A few years ago, when I internalized the concept that loving my neighbor was an action phrase based on obedience to God’s word which did not have to be related to how I felt about the neighbor, I was elated. It was going to be much easier, I thought. I don’t have to really likeContinueContinue reading “Lent Day 4: Loving my Neighbor – A Personal Tale of Growth”

Loving as a Christian duty is an act of the will and not a feeling or an emotional state of being. Let’s face it, humanly speaking, it is impossible to have a ‘loving feeling’ for everyone if that is our interpretation of Christian love. Heck, it is even impossible to love all our Christian brethrenContinueContinue reading “Lent Day 3: Loving my Neighbor – The Why, Who and How.”

It is a familiar, well-loved verse for most Christians, quoted to reassure ourselves and our loved ones. A promise of great things to come in the future, especially when one cannot imagine how they will be worked out. “For I know well the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for woe!ContinueContinue reading “Lent Day 2: Obedience, In Spite Of……..(Originally posted 3/17/2017)”

I am so grateful to have been born about 2,000 years after Jesus Christ roamed the earth, and not during the period when He was alive. A few years ago, I read best-selling Author, Phillip Yancey’s book, ‘The Jesus I Never Knew’, and realized how I could easily have been one of those who chanted for Christ’s crucifixion and cried forContinueContinue reading “Lent Day 1: There go I, But for His Grace. (Originally posted 3/29/2017)”