My brother Billy Beasley sent the following verse to me on my birthday last month. Billy, a pharmacist in our home town of Clayton, currently serves in the State Senate. He is working hard to get Alabama’s immigration law repealed. Hopefully, he will be successful.

But as it is written: Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.

1 Cor 2:9

Jim Martin, a very good lawyer from Eufaula, Ala. sent in one of his favorite Bible verses for this issue. Jim and his twin brother John grew up in my hometown of Clayton. His mother and my mother were the very best of friends and were both pillars in the Clayton Methodist Church.

Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the rock eternal.

Isaiah 26:4

Dr. Terry Stallings, a good friend and a tremendously talented physician, sent in his favorite verse for this issue. Terry, who practiced in Montgomery for several years, is now living in Mobile. He is associated with the University of South Alabama in a teaching and supervisory role.

And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Romans 5: 2-5

Corky Hawthorne, a Montgomery lawyer and a good friend of mine over the years, sent in a passage for this issue.

Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

John 10:7-10

Sheryl Benefield from Prattville, a good friend of Sara’s, sent in one of her favorite verses for this issue.

Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.

Matthew 5:8

Willie Fred Gamble, who works in the firm’s mail room, furnished a verse for this issue. Willie Fred, who is known around the firm as “Big Poppy,” is an active member of St. James United Methodist Church.

Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD.

Jeremiah 17:7

Billy Irvin, who is the Director of Ministry Relations with Faith Radio in Montgomery, sent in a verse for this issue. The radio station plays a very important role in the spiritual life of thousands of persons in central and south Alabama.

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.

Eph 3:20