Since I was 12 years old, I've suffered with a condition called Trichotillomania, which is layman's terms for, Compulsive Hair Pulling. The physical devastation was severe, but the emotional damage was worse. When I was young, no one, including my doctor, knew how to...
Have you noticed how help is often available just when you need it? A few years ago, a California artist carved a unique Christmas gift for his parents in Connecticut. It was a four-foot-tall statue of a hitchhiker, with thumb extended. (The perfect gift for the...
"Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." (Psalms 23:4, NIV2)Fear runs rampant in our world. Just watching the news makes you wonder if there will even be a tomorrow. The stress...
"Hey Marty, I'm in a bind. Can you help me," the voice on the phone echoed frantically. Mickey was a regular at the store I managed, but he hadn't been in that day.Mickey was re-tinning his house and had rented a lift to get materials from the ground to the roof but...
(Jesus said) "But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation." Luke 17:25For many years Robert Manry held the record for piloting the smallest ship ever to sail the Atlantic Ocean.The trip aboard his boat, the "Tinkerbelle," had difficulties...
Napoleon's latest campaigns, in Russia, Germany and France, had all been complete failures. On April 6, 1814 he was forced to abdicate the throne, and he was given the sovereignty instead of a tiny little island called Elba.When Louis XVIII took the throne from...
Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His stripes...
