Shyness.Yes, that was my excuse. I've always been shy, and not even maturity has "cured" that "problem". I have to wonder how much my shyness has robbed me...I remember back when I was in high school. I was so shy! If a girl even looked at me, I would feel my neck...
This wasn't anything that could strike terror in my heart more than the news of an upcoming teacher's strike, and when this particular strike was actually illegal, it made me very upset. I didn't feel comfortable striking in the best of times, but there was no way my...
"So they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites: 'The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there. All the people we saw were huge.'" Numbers 13:32 NLT When I was young, chicken was more than the animal.I was...
"He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation." (Psalm 91:15 NIV)I was just drifting off to sleep when I heard the chattering. Unbidden my ear...
We had planned our trip to Love Beach, on the island of New Providence, Bahamas, to the minutest details.We had discovered this tropical snorkelling haven online, and although it was way out of town, we had found a jitney that would take us there. This beach was...
Have you ever seen that "Survivorman" show? The expert survivor-guy gets dropped into various hostile environments and has to "survive" his way through to get to his pick up spot a week or so later. He has to beat off bears, jaguars and a vicious foot fungus or two....
“So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God” – 2 Timothy 1:8Chi Faling was born in a small village in the mountains of Tongbai, Henan Province in eastern central...