Tag: promise keeper

Stretching Time

You know the deal. We stretch our faith and go for it – as in: “Yes, we’re buying a home” or “Yes, I’m changing jobs — the pay is less, but it’s what I love to do.” Or, like my beloved sis and brother-in-law, they are retiring. It’s been a stretch for them to train…

By Donna Wuerch Noble May 3, 2023 Off

Our Promise-Keeping Father

Saturday night I made it to church in time to kneel and pray for a few minutes before the service began. I remembered an old Dottie Rambo song as I prayed: “I didn’t come here to ask You for anything.I just came to talk with you Lord.You’ve answered a million prayers or more,That I forgot…

By Donna Wuerch Noble April 26, 2022 Off

Promises Made. Promises Kept.

I promise you….if elected, I’ll…..I promise you….for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness or in health, till death parts us…..I promise you….I’ll never tell your secret….I promise you….I’ll be at your game (recital, performance).…I promise you….I’ll be there right on time….You know – all those promises someone made, or we made, maybe…

By Donna Wuerch Noble July 19, 2020 Off

I Pinky Promise

I love having those intimate, one-on-one times with my grands. Many times they are unfiltered and they say what they think……and they say what they shouldn’t think! I’ll see their eyes pleading with me “Nana, please don’t tell anyone I told you that!” And I reply with action “I won’t. Pinky promise!” The pinky promise…

By Donna Wuerch Noble September 30, 2019 Off

My Teachers Bribed Me

As a child, I remember memorizing many scripture verses. We were “bribed” by our Sunday School teachers to learn and quote them by heart. If we did, we’d receive prizes and rewards. Right or wrong, it worked for me, because I know those scriptures from memory and I live by them still today. For any…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 2, 2019 Off