I did not know until Wednesday evening during a time of prayer at our church. One of the men with whom I was praying mentioned it in his prayer, the school shooting in Parkland, FL. My heart was grieved at yet another tragic event at a school involving the loss of life. I then read a story Thursday about the assistant football coach who stood in front of others, shielding them from the bullets that struck and killed him instead. The news is sad, and every Christian should gri

Horatius Bonar was a Scottish Presbyterian minister in the 19th century, but also a wonderful writer of sacred hymns. This morning I read another jewel of his that I had not seen before. Written in 1846, it speaks of Christ's call to people to come to him for salvation, using pictures of Christ as our soul's rest, as the water of life, and as the light of the world. May it be a blessing to your heart. I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Come unto me and rest; Lay down, O weary