Diligently Seeking Blog

Then David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me, and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand. —1 Samuel 25:32-33 This past...

Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Rama; and they said to him, "Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations." --1 Samuel 8:4-5 When I was around ten...

And Mary said: "My soul exalts the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior... For the Mighty One has done great things for me; And holy is His name." —Luke 1:46-47, 49 Yesterday was my first Mother's Day as a mama. I still can't hold my baby in my arms yet,...

The one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, 'Master, you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have gained five more talents.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things,...

When it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and said, "This place is desolate and it is already quite late; send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat." But He answered them, "You...

"I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you have lived in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant." —Joshua 24:13 A light breeze blew through our tent as my husband and I sat at my...