Nancy C. Williams

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.” Matthew 6:22 If you’re able to read this blog, count yourself very privileged indeed. Good eyesight is an enormous privilege we usually take for granted, until it starts to decline.  My husband has been…

“The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, than the mighty waves of the sea.” Psalm 93:4; “Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows….” Isaiah 53:4a Saturday, February 22, was a difficult day for me. I missed my wonderful dad who would have celebrated his 90th birthday–he passed away two years ago. And I lost my dear friend…

“‘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…

“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…

“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…