Author: Nancy C. Williams
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The Privileged Life: Pray for China, Healing
“‘For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord….” Jeremiah 30:17a “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” 3 John 2 Covid-19. That’s the name of this year’s new coronavirus overwhelming China and now seeping into other…
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The Privileged Life: Valentine’s Day
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7 Valentine’s Day arrives this week. For sweethearts, it’s a day to rejoice in the love they share. For school kids, it’s a party to swap cartoon Valentines with each other or make homemade versions from…
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The Privileged Life: Bluegrass Music
“Let them praise His name with the dance; let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.” Psalm 149:3 For $10 on most Saturday nights in Hiltons, a sleepy little community tucked back in the mountain ridges of southwest Virginia, you can have the privilege of hearing homespun bluegrass music—a tradition that goes…
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The Privileged Life: The Prayer Drawer
“And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there.” Matthew 14:3 In the movie War Room, Miss Clara has a powerful secret—a closet where she enters into spiritual battle through prayer. I love that movie, not only because it encourages us to…
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The Privileged Life: Hand Sanitizer
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:7 Hand sanitizer is like the peel-and-stick postage stamp…a relatively recent, benevolent addition to everyday life that we now take for granted. How did we survive so long without this commonplace little joy? It’s cheap, readily available in…
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