Diligently Seeking Blog

This weekend, I packed up my books and handmade jewelry and headed to a local market in Clinton, Mississippi. It was the kind of day that begged to be spent outdoors—bright blue skies, a gentle breeze, and the cozy charm of Clinton’s downtown. It should’ve been a...

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. —Malachi 4:2 I spent most of this past week on my family’s small cattle farm in southern Mississippi. It’s a...

Jesus wept. —John 11:35 This past Friday, I was sitting on my couch watching House of David and waiting for my sweetheart to get home when I got a phone call. It was my dad, and his voice was much deeper than normal. Something was wrong. It was going to be bad news....

Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, “They are wandering...

Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape any more than all the Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house...

Then Peter came up and said to Him, “Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me and I still forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy-seven times. —Matthew 18:21-22 This weekend, I had the...