Nothing warms the heart quite like Christmas caroling. The holidays can be hectic and the spirit of Christmas can easily become lost in the rush and worry of getting everything “just right”. Eight of us decided to take a much-needed break and spend an evening...
It happened around five years ago. I remember it as if it were yesterday... I had been stewing in my hot car all day with my five little ones. I delivered a son to baseball practice, delivered a husband to a church finance meeting, delivered the forgotten ball glove,...
"The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position." James 1:9Do you find yourself in humble circumstances? If so, James tells us that we are to take pride in this "high" position. These two things would seem to be an oxymoron. Most of us...
"Why does God keep your mother alive?" A friend asked when she realized my mother didn't recognize me during a visit to the nursing home. "I can't understand why God keeps people alive when they're no longer useful."I didn't take offense because I knew my friend...
Beauty for ashes and the oil of gladness For the spirit of heaviness. What an awesome promise, Lord, Full of life and hope. Promising great fulfillment In bringing in Your Kingdom, Which we want to come On this earth as it is in Your heaven. Our...
Nothing.That's what I felt when the nurse confirmed what I had known for weeks: I was pregnant.I didn't know what to feel, so I just felt nothing. Void.Perhaps it was because I never, in my worst nightmare, imagined this would ever happen to me. With the sound of the...
The rain was pounding the roof of our little store as I sat at the cash register looking outside, hoping a customer would come in and help snap me out of the gloomy mood I was in that dreary morning. I had an eerie feeling being there alone with it looking so dark and...